c0934 Dorothy Nielson Photograph Collection, 1942 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 1999 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 1999. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss C 934 Nielson, Dorothy, collector. Dorothy Nielson Photograph Collection, 1942 Originals 1 fd. (19 photographs) Photographs of a coal car wreck at Spring Canyon (Utah) in 1942. Topics: Coal miners -- Utah -- Spring Canyon -- Accidents -- Photographs. Coal mines and mining -- Utah -- Spring Canyon -- Photographs. Railroads -- Utah -- Spring Canyon -- Photographs. Organizations: Spring Canyon Coal Company (Spring Canyon, Utah) -- Photographs. Places: Spring Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs. Background Background Note

This coal car wreck in Spring Canyon (Utah) occurred in January or February of 1942. The cable controlling the cars coming down the canyon broke. Dorothy Nielson's husband was the company carpenter and construction foreman at the time of the accident.

Scope and Content

Photographs of a coal car wreck at Spring Canyon (Utah)

Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Dorothy Nielson Photograph Collection, 1942, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Donated by Dorothy Nielson

Restrictions on Use

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Processing Information: Collection processed by Susan Whetstone Finding aid compiled by Susan Whetstone Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2000 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 1999 (RLIN ID: UTSX99-A305). Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2000. Container list Box Folder Contents Spring Canyon (Utah) 1 1 Coal Car Wreck, 1942 1 1 1 Roof of new bath house 1 1 2 Nielson home 1 1 3 George Washington Ciff 1 1 4 Coal train trestle 1 1 5 Dragging coal car to repair sop 1 1 6 Road showing trestle 1 1 7 Looking down canyon towards the tipple 1 1 8 Coal train track going to mine 1 1 9 Trestle area 1 1 10 Steel cable in center of track pulls the coal train 1 1 11 Wrecked cars 1 1 12 Top of trestle by boarding house 1 1 13 Men on trestle, Dorothy Nielson's father 1 1 14 Coal tipple 1 1 15 Coal cars 1 1 16 Spring Canyon Coal Company tipple 1 1 17-18 Group on trestle 1 1 19 Boarding house