The Tooele County (Utah) Photograph Collection, 1908-1944

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Summary Description
Repository:Utah State Historical Society
Call number:Mss C 816
Creator:
Title:Tooele County (Utah) Photograph Collection, 1908-1944
Quantity:4 fds. (127 slides/photographs/negatives)
Abstract:

Topics:
Railroads -- Utah -- Tooele County -- Photographs.

Organizations:
International Smelting Company (Tooele County, Utah) -- Photographs.
Tooele Army Depot (Tooele County, Utah) -- Photographs.
Tooele Valley Railroad (Utah) -- Photographs.

Places:
Tooele County (Utah) -- Photographs.
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Background

Background Note

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Scope and Content

Series Descriptions

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:

Tooele County (Utah) Photograph Collection, 1908-1944, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Jean Mogus

Restrictions on Use

The Tooele County (Utah) Photograph Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information:

Collection processed by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone

Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000

Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A240).

Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000.

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Container list

Box

Folder

Contents

Tooele (Utah)

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Tooele Army Depot [slides]
1. Swimming pool (Tooele Army Depot)
2-3. Storage tank (Tooele Army Depot)
4. Equipment (trucks) (Tooele Army Depot)
5. Swimming pool (Tooele Army Depot)
6. Fence line (Tooele Army Depot)
7. Burning buildings at park (Tooele Army Depot)
8. Grounds (Tooele Army Depot)
9. Construction of building (Tooele Army Depot)
10. Winter scene (Tooele Army Depot)
11. Building construction (Tooele Army Depot)
12. Rail line (Tooele Army Depot)
13-14. Snow storm that destroyed buildings (Tooele Army Depot), 1946
15. Building 595 in final stages of construction (Tooele Army Depot)
16-17. Making "cut" for railroad tracks into the ammunition area (Tooele Army Depot), 1943
18. Installing engines before days of overhead cranes (Tooele Army Depot)
19. First tank teardown line, Building 608 (Tooele Army Depot), 1944
20. Equipment--trucks (Tooele Army Depot)
21. Loading/unloading boxcar (Tooele Army Depot)
22. Building interior (Tooele Army Depot)
23. Storage tanks (Tooele Army Depot)
24. Equipment (Tooele Army Depot)
25. Frame of tank (Tooele Army Depot)
26. First water well (Tooele Army Depot)
27-28. Grounds (Tooele Army Depot)
29-31. Tent City which housed construction workers (Tooele Army Depot)
32. Early construction of officers' quarters (Tooele Army Depot)
33. Construction of headquarter's building (Tooele Army Depot)
34. Housing block (Tooele Army Depot)
35. Early war bond drive (Tooele Army Depot)
36-37. Grounds (Tooele Army Depot)

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International Smelting Company, 1908-1919 [slides]
1. Building and equipment (International Smelting Company), 1914
2. Grounds showing tracks (International Smelting Company)
3. Employees (International Smelting Company)
4-5. Grounds (International Smelting Company), 1914
6-7. Group (International Smelting Company)
8. Building (International Smelting Company)
9-11. Ore cars (International Smelting Company)
12. Equipment and machinery (International Smelting Company), 1915
13-14. Building interior (International Smelting Company)
15. Equipment and machinery (International Smelting Company)
16. Grounds (International Smelting Company)
17-19. Railroad cars (International Smelting Company)
20. Buildings and grounds (International Smelting Company)
21. Warehouse fire (International Smelting Company), 1942
22. Building interior (International Smelting Company)
23-24. Grounds with smokestack (International Smelting Company)
25-26. Fire damage (International Smelting Company)
27-32. Buildings (International Smelting Company)
33. Buildings (International Smelting Company), 1912
34-38. Buildings (International Smelting Company)
39. Buildings (International Smelting Company), 1912
40-49. Buildings (International Smelting Company)

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Railroads [slides]
1. Railroad workers (Tooele Valley Railroad yards)
2. Train stuck in snow (Tooele Valley Railroad)
3. Train on snow covered tracks (Tooele Valley Railroad)
4. Executive car (Tooele Valley Railroad)
5. Engine (Tooele Valley Railroad)
6-7. Train stuck on snow covered tracks (Tooele Valley Railroad)
8. B.A. & P.Ry engine sold to (Tooele Valley Railroad)
9. Snow just above trestle (Tooele Valley Railroad)
10. Steam engine #11 (Tooele Valley Railway)
11. Construction of TVR going up Vine Street (Tooele Valley Railroad)
12. Coach #14 (Tooele Valley Railroad)
13. Crane (Tooele Valley Railroad), 1909
14. Caboose #2 (Tooele Valley Railroad)
15. Passenger coach #12 (Tooele Valley Railroad)
16. Engine (Tooele Valley Railroad)
17. Caboose #3 (Tooele Valley Railroad)
18. Train at Tooele (Utah) Depot
19. Train on tracks in Tooele (Utah)
20. Crane (Tooele Valley Railroad)
21. Snow covered (Tooele, Utah)
22. Train in town (Tooele Valley Railroad)

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Railroads (cont.)
1. Trestle
2. Train in town (Tooele Valley Railroad)
3. Railroad station/yards (Tooele Valley Railroad)
4-5. Train tracks being cleaned of heavy snow
6. Train on snow covered tracks
7. Tooele Valley Railroad
8. Depot (Tooele Valley Railroad)
9. Railroad car (Tooele Valley Railroad)
10. Enroute (Tooele Valley Railroad)
11. Cars parked (Tooele Valley Railroad)
12. Tracks (Tooele Valley Railroad)
13. Railroad car (Tooele Valley Railroad)
14. Engine (Tooele Valley Railroad)
15. Train stuck on snow covered tracks (Tooele Valley Railroad)
16. Snow covered railroad tracks (Tooele Valley Railroad)
17-19. Train stuck on snow covered tracks (Tooele Valley Railroad)