Utah Southern Railway Line

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf railway line
gptkbp:associated_with Mormon_settlement
Railroad_expansion_in_the_West
Railroad_workers'_history
gptkbp:built 1868
1870
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Salt_Lake_City
Provo
gptkbp:contributedTo Mining_industry_in_Utah
gptkbp:cultural_heritage gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:drivetrain 1870
1890
gptkbp:facilitates Transportation of agricultural products
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:James_Hill
gptkb:Collis_Potter_Huntington
gptkb:Mark_Hopkins
gptkb:Brigham_Young
gptkb:Jay_Gould
gptkb:Elihu_Thomson
gptkb:William_Barstow_Strong
gptkb:Leland_Stanford
gptkb:George_J._Gould
gptkb:Charles_Crocker
gptkbp:historical_significance Facilitated_settlement_in_Utah
gptkbp:historicalContext 19th century
gptkbp:historicalEvent Part of the First Transcontinental Railroad
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Utah Southern Railway Line
gptkbp:impact Tourism_in_Utah
gptkbp:influenced Economic_development_in_Utah
Urban_development_in_Provo
Urban_development_in_Salt_Lake_City
gptkbp:is_designed_to gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:is_part_of Transcontinental railroad system
Western_United_States_rail_network
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_modern_railroads_in_Utah
gptkbp:length approximately 100 miles
gptkbp:location gptkb:Utah
gptkbp:notable_feature Scenic_views_of_Utah_Valley
gptkbp:opened 1870
1890
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Utah_Southern_Railway_Company
gptkbp:operational_status No longer in operation
gptkbp:purpose Transport goods and people
gptkbp:replacedBy Highway system
gptkbp:route Salt_Lake_City_to_Provo
gptkbp:serves Passenger transportation
Freight transportation
gptkbp:services Salt_Lake_City,_Provo
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkbp:track 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
gptkbp:type Standard gauge railway