Utah Military Facilities

This page was last updated on June 23, 2025.

(This page is under construction, and for now is simply a place to put things...)

Overview

Utah has been the home of several rail-served military facilities, especially since World War II.

Hill Air Force Base

Sunset, Utah

Hill Air Forse Base was an outgrowth of Ogden Arsenal. Both the Ogden Arsenal and Hill Field (later Hill Air Force Base) had extensive warehoue facilities, all of which were served by a large rail network.

(Read the Wikipedia article about Hill Air Force Base)

Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol 33, No 2, Spring 1963, "Utah's Biggest Business: Ogden Air Materiel Area at Hill Air Force Base, 1938-1965" (PDF; 27 pages; 7.5 MB)

NSD Clearfield

Naval Supply Depot Clearfield

(Read more about NSD Clearfield)

Ogden Arsenal

Sunset, Utah

(Read more about Ogden Arsenal)

Small Arms Ammunition Plant

Salt Lake City

Tooele Army Depot

(Read more about Tooele Army Depot)

Utah General Depot/Defense Depot Ogden

(Read more about Defense Depot Ogden)

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