Promontory Point is a ghost town in
Box Elder County,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
, United States,
that is located about northeast of
the cape with the same name.
Description
The site is where the
Lucin Cutoff
The Lucin Cutoff is a railroad line in Utah, United States that runs from Ogden to its namesake in Lucin. The most prominent feature of the cutoff was a railroad trestle crossing the Great Salt Lake, which was in use from 1904 until the late ...
intersects the east coast of the peninsula formed where the
Promontory Mountains project into the northern
Great Salt Lake. The cutoff passes north of the cape and continues west to
Saline, where the cutoff leaves the peninsula.
The unincorporated community of
Promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the soft ...
and its location, Promontory Summit, are also frequently referred to as "Promontory Point".
Promontory Summit is the site where the
First transcontinental railroad
North America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the " Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail netwo ...
was completed and is located about north–northwest of Promontory Point, near the north end of the Promontory Mountains.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Utah
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Utah, a state of the United States.
Classification
Barren site
* Sites no longer in existence
* Sites that have been destroyed
* Covered with water
* Reverted to pasture
* May have a few diffi ...
References
External links
Ghost towns in Utah
Populated places in Box Elder County, Utah
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