09 June 2026

Great Salt Lake in the 1970s


This was the random photo showcased when I visited the National Archives website today. Those mountains are a dead giveaway for it being Utah:

April 1974, Ogden, Utah

Abandoned Automobiles and Other Debris Clutter an Acid Water and Oil Filled Five Acre Pond, it Was Cleaned up Under EPA Supervision to Prevent Possible Contamination of Great Salt Lake and a Wildlife Refuge Nearby.

Series, DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, between 1972–1977

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/555849

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