Rio Grande in Utah
Compiled by Don Strack
This page was last updated on May 11, 2011.
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General Notes
Taken from D&RG maps on file in Davis County Recorder's Office (done on November 23, 1983)
- The original D&RG mainline north from Salt Lake City was along Sixth (700) West to Seventh (800) North
- Possible branch continued along Sixth West to Utah Co-op elevator
- Salt Lake & Ogden connection was shown as coming from the east, crossing the OSL, then paralleling D&RG into SE1/4 of Section 2 in North Salt Lake
- Possible copper plant location was west from curve at 15th North in Salt Lake City, then straight west along 15th North for approximately 1-1/2 blocks
- Farmington had a water tank that was 24 feet in diameter and 16 feet high
- Lake Park Branch was in Section 23, lots 2, 3 and 4 of Section 22, NE1/4 of Sectionn 27, T3N R1W
- Clark Lane is on the half-section line
Other information from Davis County Recorder's office
- D&RGW Fransworth Branch ended in Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34, T5N, R2W
- D&RGW Lake Park Branch (in Farmington) ended in Sections 22, 23, and 24, T3N, R1W
- Bamberger ran along the Salt Lake meridian through Farmington
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