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Created: 1870. Coverage: [1870]. Source Imprint: New York : E. & H. T. Anthony, 1870?-1875?. Digital item published 2-16-2006; updated 2-13-2009.

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Quarrying granite for Mormon Temple, by Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Quarrying granite for Mormon Temple, by Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 — Unknown

Workmen extracting quartz monzonite from the Little Cottonwood stock (detached masses which have fallen from the walls of Little Cottonwood Canyon, resting at the mouth of the canyon). The quarrying consists of splitting up the stone into blocks that can be transported to the Salt Lake Temple cons

Photograph by Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 -- Photographer