The Tooele Valley Railroad Complex, 35 N. Broadway in Tooele, Utah, dates from 1909. It was listed on the

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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

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s, equipment and artifacts from the Tooele Valley Railway,

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, and other railroad & mining artifacts. 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

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east of Tooele that operated from 1910 to 1972. and The listing included three

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and four

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Tooele Valley Railroad Museum
- Tooele City Parks & Recreation Rail infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Tooele County, Utah 1909 establishments in Utah Buildings and structures in Tooele County, Utah Museums in Tooele County, Utah Railroad museums in Utah Mining museums in Utah {{Utah-NRHP-stub