The Temple Stone Quarry

It all came from the Temple Stone Quarry in 1861. Moving stones from the canyon to Temple Square was a real challenge, but by the late 1880s the Temple walls were up. Church authorities, quarrymen, European immigrants, and expert stone cutters worked tirelessly to build the international symbol of the LDS church. Workers quarried huge boulders from the canyon floor for the stones of the Salt Lake Temple of the LDS church, the Utah State Capitol Building, and the "This is the Place" monument. 

Kimberley explores the Uinta mountains of the Wasatch front in Little Cottonwood Canyon

(Pictured July 9th 2020) in Salt Lake City, UT.

Photographer: Jerry - Mar Del Photography