Uriah Nephi Smart Tannery
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JacobBarlow
N 40° 41.216 W 111° 49.196
12T E 430716 N 4504327
In a deep hollow south of 3900 South, Uriah Nephi Smart built his tannery in 1880. This two story building was thirty feet wide and one hundred feet long. It was built of adobe bricks, which were made from clay taken from a bank north....
Waymark Code: WM28Q0
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2007
Views: 46
N 40° 41.216 W 111° 49.196
In a deep hollow south of 3900 South, Uriah Nephi Smart built his tannery in 1880. This two story building was thirty feet wide and one hundred feet long. It was built of adobe bricks, which were made from clay taken from a bank north of the building site. The foundation was of red sandstone from Red Butte Canyon, and the lumber in the building was red pine from Millcreek Canyon. There were eight large redwood vats on the bottom floor which were used to soak the hides, some in lime water to loosen the hair, and others in tannic acid to soften the hides. Uriah Smart made his own tannic acid from pine bark, ground in a mill south of the tannery. He also made his own neat's-foot oil used to soften the leather by boiling down animal bones in large cast-iron kettles. On the top floor of the tannery the leather was fleshed and softened, sheep and goat skins were tanned, and the hides were stored.
Marker Name: Uriah Nephi Smart Tannery
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
Location:
2490 E 3900 South
SALT LAKE CITY , 84109
SALT LAKE County
Previously undeveloped land, now part of landscape at private home
County: Salt Lake
City: SALT LAKE CITY
Group Responsible for Placement: D.U.P.
Date Dedicated: 9/1988
Marker Number: 444
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=2092
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