Tooele Valley Railroad Complex Explained

Tooele Valley Railroad Complex
Location:35 N. Broadway, Tooele, Utah
Coordinates:40.5311°N -112.2881°W
Built:1909-1910
Added:May 17, 1984
Refnum:84002426

The Tooele Valley Railroad Complex, 35 N. Broadway in Tooele, Utah, dates from 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The complex is currently operated as the Tooele Valley Museum and Historic Park (formerly Tooele Valley Railroad Museum and prior to that as the Tooele County Museum). Opened in 1983, the museum is operated by the city and features preserved locomotives, equipment and artifacts from the Tooele Valley Railway, International Smelting and Refining Company, and other railroad & mining artifacts.[1]

The complex is significant for its historic role in conversion of Tooele from a farming-based to an industrial town. The railroad depot was the headquarters of the Tooele Valley Railway; and is the most significant surviving artifact with association to the smelter east of Tooele that operated from 1910 to 1972.[2]

The listing included three contributing buildings and four contributing objects.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tooele Valley Railroad Museum. Explore Utah's Tooele County. 28 April 2015.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84002426}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tooele Valley Railroad Complex ]. Orrin P. Miller . December 1983 . National Park Service. and