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Beck's Hot
Springs near Jordan River delta. Around 1885.
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A steam
launch near Black Rock, possibly the second "Lady of the Lake", the
other was a fifty foot schooner.
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Lake Park
Resort, built by the Denver and Rio Grande Western in 1886 west of
Syracuse. This view is from the shore.
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Cambria beached in front
of Garfield Resort under construction in early 1880's.
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Garfield
Pavilion.
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Panoramic
view of Garfield Resort and Garfield Landing. the "General Garfield"
is permanently moored at the far left. Around 1886.
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"Kate
Connor", a steam ship, beached along the banks of the Bear River.
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Another steamship,
"Promontory" launched 1902 to assist in the construction of the Lucin
tressle.
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"City
of Corrine" later renamed "General Garfield".
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A load of the
piles used in construction of the Lucin Cutoff. Often, it took two of
these 150 foot poles lashed together to penetrate the lake bottom ooze and reach
a solid base. In 1996, these piles were pulled from the lake and salvaged as
lumber.
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Finishing the construction
of the Lucin Cutoff, 1903
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Driving the last piling in the
Lucin Cutoff Railroad Trestle, 1903. The first of 28,250 piles was driven
August 2, 1902, in lengths of 100 to 150 feet.
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A DC-3 which crashed into the
lake Saturday, October 5, 1935 and recovered February 27, 1936. All three
crewmen were killed.
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One of the tugs used to drag the lake
in the recovery of the crashed DC-3. Many Aircraft have crashed into the
lake over the years.
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Black Rock Resort and
Beach, constructed 1933, around the end of the 1930s.
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A view of the boat harbor
taken about 1950. Power boat heaven.
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A view of the South Shore
taken at the beginning of construction of Interstate 80. You can see
Sunset Beach Resort (built 1934) at Fritch Island, the boat harbor, and at the
far right, Saltair. Probably between 1959 and 1964, the boat marina burned
in 1964.
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Boats in the new Silver
Sands marina built on the burned out remains of the old harbor.
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View of the docks 1970's.
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The marina office.
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The concessions stand.
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Sunset launching.
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Boat on the rocks in early 1970's.
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The Islander tour boat.
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Silver Sands Marina late
1970's. The marina was rebuilt on the site of the original rock
harbor. The former structure's improvements had burned in 1964.
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Arial
view of boat harbor, May 1978. (Al Cooper) All the marina was
destroyed by the rising water in the mid 1980's.
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Waves roll through Saltair and
across road in 1985.
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Sailtair Parking Lot
as a Marina, June 10, 1986.
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Nearly the end of road for the old trestle.
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Salvage operations beginning in
1996. Norm Abram used some this salvaged trestle timber to make furniture
on "The New Yankee Workshop".
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Satellite view of the GSL Marina
take July 16, 1997.
Lake elevation on this date was 4201.00 feet MSL.
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Aerial View of
Marina taken April 12, 2002 Reconstruction of
E and I docks was just beginning and L Dock was also added. Lake elevation
on this date was 4199.55 feet MSL.
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Aerial View of
Antelope Island Marina take summer 2002. Photo by Kent Backman
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