UP East at Grant Tower

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Randy Curlin	General	Utah Power & Light completed the environmental cleanup of the former American Barrel site adjacent to the tracks of the Grant Tower Interchange. Work had begun in 1990 after the site had been placed on the EPA's "Superfund" National Priorities List in 1989. The 2.2 acre site was cleaned up and made available for redevelopment as part of the Gateway project. The site had been first used starting in 1873 as a coal gasification plant, which remained in operation until 1908. Beginning in about 1927, Utah Power & Light began treating line poles with creosote in at least two pole dipping tanks. Later the site was used to store 55-gallon barrels, with as many as 50,000 barrels being on site. Barrel storing activities ended in 1987. Environmental inspections first took place in 1986 and by 1988 UP&L had installed fencing to surround the site and removed trees and vegetation. Inspections in 2001 and 2006 confirmed that the site was no longer a danger to human health. (Utah Rails)	10/30/2025 1:21:08 PM

UP East at Grant Tower
JJ Ruediger photo
Date: 3/18/1972	Location: Salt Lake City, UT Map	Views: 148	Collection Of: Randy Curlin
Locomotives: UP 90B(DD35)			Author: JJ Ruediger

Picture Categories: Action		This picture is part of album: Randy Curlin Collection 14

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