Near Corinne in Box Elder County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Stairway to Promontory
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 15, 2016
1. Stairway to Promontory Marker
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The cut below you on the Union Pacific grade is a good example of the stair step construction method used by the railroads. The workers were set to grading, scraping and blasting on several different levels of a cut at once. This method increased efficiency and speed in building the railroad. Excavation on this cut was most likely terminated about April 9, 1869, when the decision was made that the railroads should meet at Promontory. The decision called a halt to the great railroad race which had previously resulted in 250 miles of parallel grading in northern Utah. (picture)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars.
Location. 41° 33.975′ N, 112° 37.482′ W. Marker is near Corinne, Utah, in Box Elder County. It is on N Golden Spike Loop (at milepost 4), on the right when traveling east. Monument is located at mile marker #4 of the Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway which is accessible eastbound only, from the Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway Rails of History Marker. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Corinne UT 84307, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Cache Valley and in the West Desert. It is also in the American Mountain West and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Transcontinental Railroad (approx. 1.3 miles away); 10 Miles of Track
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Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 15, 2016
2. Stairway to Promontory Marker
Looking down at the Union Pacific grade, from the Central Pacific grade
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 15, 2016
3. Stairway to Promontory Marker
The"stairway" cut method; Union Pacific on the left, Central Pacific on the right
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 15, 2016
4. Stairway to Promontory Marker
Photo dislayed on the marker
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 15, 2016
5. Stairway to Promontory Marker
Mile marker on the eastbound Central Pacific grade
Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 718 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 28, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
