CP-08 Matlin Construction Camp

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    • Established: Track laying crews arrived April 5, 1869, by Central Pacific Railroad, during construction of original transcontinental railroad
    • Origin of Name:
    • Miles from San Francisco: 712.8
    • Used by Railroad: 1869- 1904
    • Railroad Function: Railroad section facilities and a small Chinese community; a rail “wye” replaced a light-duty turntable in 1900; the Union Pacific graded beds parallel to the Central Pacific line, as far as Elko, Nevada, while the Central Pacific’s survey crews worked as far east as Echo Canyon near Wyoming; the stop was abandoned when the Lucin Cutoff was established
    • No Population estimates for this isolated northern Utah ghost town;  In 1870, population of 15 and 25 in 1876