| Title |
188_Mazatlan Breakwater |
| Creator |
Utah Construction Company |
| Contributors |
Utah Construction Company |
| Image Captions |
MEXICO Breakwater at Mazatlan. Durangos famous Iron Mountain At Mexicos largest seaport on its Pacific Coast and 178 miles inland at the countrys famous Iron Mountain, known as Cerro Del Mercado, 22-ton Euclids are carry-ing out tough and interesting tasks. Completing a breakwater to finish the harbor at Mazatlan, ten Eucs are placing 850,000 tons of rock of which approximately 25% consists of boulders weighing 15 to 25 tons each. The job is being done by Cia. Utah, S.A. Iron Mountain, located a mile from the center of the city of Durango, rises some 600 feet above surrounding plains and is composed almost totally of iron containing an ore of 60 to 67% purity. The mountain is a mile in length of about 2,000 feet wide, its mass estimated at 600,000,000 tons. Its depth is not known. Cerro Del Mercado, S.A., the operating company, has mined eight million tons of ore in the past 30 years, most of which was taken out on burros. Two years ago the mine was mechanized and four Eucs put on the job to do the hauling. Material varies from fine powder to five inches in size. Placing 15-to 25-ton boulders in breakwater. View of harbor. Breakwater extends to left. |
| Description |
In 1928, Utah Construction Company completed its first project outside of the United States with the 110 mile railroad for Southern Pacific of Mexico. Over the next 30 years, UCC continued to work on projects in Mexico including dams, roads, mining, and canals. The collection contains several booklets and correspondence along with approximately 500 photographs. |
| Subject |
Ferrocarril Sud Pacífico de Mexico--History; Mexico; Dams--Design and construction; Asphalt pavers--Mexico; Canals--Mexico; Sonora (Mexico : State); Chihuahua (Mexico : State); Sinaloa (Mexico : State); La Quemada (Mexico); Tepic (Mexico : Territory); Railroads--Design and construction |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Date Digital |
2010 |
| Temporal Coverage |
1923-1928; 1945-1958 |
| Medium |
Photography |
| Item Description |
2.1 x 2.1-9.6 x 7.7 in. photograph; 9.9 x 8.8 in. paper and slides |
| Spatial Coverage |
Mexico, http://sws.geonames.org/3996063, 23, -102 |
| Type |
Image/StillImage |
| Conversion Specifications |
Archived TIFF images were scanned at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation |
https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/212 |
| Rights |
Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
| Source |
MS 100 Bx 93, 100, 101 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s62v1ke7 |
| Setname |
wsu_ucc_mp |
| ID |
58804 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s62v1ke7 |
