Cables from the Rim - Springdale, UT - Utah Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

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"

Marker Name: Cables from the Rim Marker Type: Roadside County: Washington City: Springdale Group Responsible for Placement: NPS Addtional Information: Not listed Date Dedicated: Not listed Marker Number: Not listed Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed

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