Copperton Low Line
| Copperton Low Line | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corporation |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Operator(s) | Kennecott Copper Corporation |
The Copperton Low Line was an electric railroad in Salt Lake County, Utah. It was managed by the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation and connected the Bingham Canyon Mine with its smelter at Garfield.
In 1948 the electric rail line replaced the Bingham and Garfield Railway[1] (reporting mark B&G).[2][3] That earlier line, opened in 1911, had been built to replace the Bingham Branch and Garfield Beach Extension of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, which was not providing adequate service.[4]
The rail line has been replaced by a system of conveyors and a 17-mile-long (27 km) slurry pipeline. Current rail operations by Kennecott Utah Copper LLC only occur in the area of the smelter, on a remnant of what was a vast rail network.[5]
References
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- ^ The Official Guide of the Railways (February 1926 ed.), National Railway Publication Company, p. 988
- ^ Railway Equipment and Publication Company, The Official Railway Equipment Register, June 1917, p. 792
- ^ "Kennecott - Copperton Railyard Historical Overview". www.kennecott-groundbreakers.com. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
- ^ R. A. LeMassena (1974). Rio Grande ... to the Pacific!. Sundance Publications. ISBN 0-913582-09-3., pp. 123-125
- ^ Utah Department of Transportation (April 2015). Utah State Rail Plan (Report). Utah Department of Transportation. p. 56. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
Kennecott's current rail operations are focused on the smelter adjacent to the south end of the Great Salt Lake, where Kennecott is served by UP and has access to BNSF through its agent Utah Railway.
40°43′17″N 112°11′54″W / 40.7214°N 112.1982°W
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