Emery County (Utah) Archives: Johnson, Joseph E.; Actors; Drama; Elmo Geary; Huntington (Utah)
Joseph E. Johnson from Huntington was an early actor in the Huntington Dramatic Company; This photograph is found in Elmo Geary's book Dramatics in Castle Valley 1875 to 1925, Plate IX, Fig. 1.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; San Rafael River; San Rafael Bridge; Swinging Bridge; Suspension Bridge; CCC
This photograph shows the cable anchor which holds the suspension bridge. The main forces in a suspension bridge are tension in the main cables and compression in the pillars. Almost all the force on the pillars is vertically downward. The...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Swinging Bridge; San Rafael Bridge; CCC
Condition of the deck years later. The San Rafael Bridge was built in 1937 by the CCCs. Company 529 had a base camp in Castle Dale and did most of their work on the San Rafael Swell. Their crowining achievement, according to local residents, was...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; San Rafael River; San Rafael Bridge; Swinging Bridge
The Swinging Bridge, a suspension bridge built by the CCCs in 1937, was worn out by 1990 and a new bridge was built to handle automobile traffic. The old bridge was repaired and rededicated and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It...