East Rim Trailhead - Springdale, UT
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bluesnote
N 37° 16.232 W 112° 56.306
12S E 328130 N 4126645
The East Rim Trail begins at Weeping Rock and goes to the top of the rim at Observation Point. The above coordinates are for the trailhead.
Waymark Code: WMYCA5
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2018
Views: 3
The plaque says, "Barely visible on the canyon rim are the ruins of a cable works form the early 1900s. Mormon pioneers in the Zion area needed lumber for construction, but the good timber-ponderosa pine-was out of reach on the mesa above. Settlers had to haul lumber by wagon from as far away as Arizona's Kaibab Forest, a two-week trip.
In 1900 Springdale resident David Flanigan began looping 50,00 feet of telegraph wire through a series of drums and pulleys in the cable works above and down to a second framework on the mound behind you.
When the cable system was completed, boards could travel down from the clifftop in 2 1/2 minutes-note two weeks. With the cable operation modern building began in Zion. The park's original lodge and cabins, many of the buildings in Springdale, made use of lumber lowered from the canyon rim"
Parking: Not Listed
Trailhead/trail website: Not listed
Trail allowances or restrictions: Not listed
Trail type: Not listed
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