Caption

Salt Lake City, Utah - The Salt Lake Meridian Initial Point at Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, selected by Brigham Young in 1847. Most of Utah was surveyed starting from this point

Date

Sep 27, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK25L00_096

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,1Mb (7,1Mb) / 22,4in x 14,9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

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