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Great Salt Lake Cutoff, Utah

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Text-in pencil: "Just crossing Salt Lake. Lovely trip so far and cold. Wish you were with me. Love to all, Kate A."

Addressee: Mrs. C.H. Atherton, Carson City, NV.

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Postcard title: Great Salt Lake Cutoff, Utah-back

Publisher: DeWitt Brown, Ogden, UT

Date published: Circa 1915.

Printed text:The Great Salt lake Cut-Off extends from Ogden to Lucin, a distance of 102.9 miles, crossing over the north end of the Great Salt Lake. It was finished November 13, 1903, after 1.5 years of effort, at a cost of $4,500,000.00. It saves for the S.P.R.R. Co., 43.8 miles of distance, 3919 degrees of curvature and 1515 feet of grade. This great dead sea, the largest in the world, is located a few miles west of Ogden. It covers about 2120 sq miles, being 50 miles wide and 75 miles long. Average depth is 13 feet. The water is 21% salt and is so heavy, one cannot sink. The building of the bridge that crosses this lake was one of the greatest feats of modern engineering and was undertaken by the Southern Pacific R.R. Co. The project was brought to completion on November 15, 1903; approximate costs $4,000,000. C.T. American Art. A-7897

Postmarked: June 28, 1919, Ogden, UT

Stamp: $0.02 George Washington red

Postcard period: The Golden Age (1907-1915: Divided Back Period).

Location found: Ken Sander's Rare Book, Salt Lake City, UT

Date found: October 14, 2023.

Price paid: $1.00

Dimension: 3 x 5 in.

Notes: Contains bag of salt from the Salt Flats attached. All scans are uploaded as archival quality at 600 dpi with lossless file type, .tiff.

Taken on: April 14, 2024

Tags:

Golden Period of Postcards

postcards

letter writing

Great Salt Lake

train cutoff

trains

1900s America

Southern Pacific Rail

Utah

Ogden, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

Ken Sanders' Rare Book

C.H. Atherton

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