Utah Test and Training Range photograph collection

Utah Test and Training Range photograph collection, 1995

Overview of the Collection

Photographer: Webb, Roy
Title: Utah Test and Training Range photograph collection
Dates: 1995 (inclusive)
19951995
Quantity: 91 color images
Collection Number: P0634
Summary: The Utah Test and Training Range photograph collection consists of aerial photographs of various sites which are parts of the Utah Test and Training Range. Photographs were taken by Roy Webb from a helicopter as part of an ongoing cultural resource study of the UTTR and surrounding areas sponsored by the National Parks Service and the U.S. Air Force.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection is a compilation of aerial views of the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) used by the Military. All photographs were taken by Roy Webb from a U.S. Army UH-1 helicopter during a tour of the UTTR, undertaken as part of an ongoing cultural resource study of the UTTR and surrounding areas sponsored by the National Park Service and the U.S. Air Force. Tour was held March 14, 1995. Areas covered by the tour included Wendover, Utah, including the former Wendover Army Air Base; Pilot Peak; Silver Island; Bonneville Salt Flats; northwest arm of Great Salt Lake; Lakeside, Utah; Cedar Mountains; Dugway Proving Ground (some portions only, the actual installation was off-limits for photographs); Fish Springs Wildlife Refuge; and various military test sites and installations.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by Roy Webb.

Processing Note

Processed by Roy Webb in 1996.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	General images 1: Machine gun pits from World War II, just north of Wendover, Nevada 2-3: View of machine gunners training range, just north of Wendover, Nevada 4: Pilot Peak, Nevada, north of Wendover, Nevada 5: View to south of Wendover, Nevada, toward UTTR (Utah Test and Training Range) 6-7: Pilot Peak 8: View to south of Wendover, Nevada, toward UTTR (Utah Test and Training Range) 9: View looking north near Lakeside Mountains toward western Great Salt Lake 10: View looking north near Lakeside Mountains toward western Great Salt Lake; Pilot Peak in right background 11: Gun emplacements used as part of UTTR, Lakeside Mountains 12: View looking north near Lakeside Mountains toward western Great Salt Lake 13: View to south of Wendover, Nevada, toward UTTR (Utah Test and Training Range) 14-15: Utah Test and Training Range 16: Bonneville Salt Flats
1	2	General images 1: Stakes set up to simulate soldiers in the UTTR 2: [missing] 3: Lakeside Mountains 4-6: View over Lakeside Mountains, looking east toward Great Salt Lake, railroad causeway in middle distance 7: View over Lakeside Mountains, looking east toward Great Salt Lake, Gunnison Island in middle distance 8: Great Salt Lake dikes 9: Lakeside Mountain, looking west toward Bonneville Salt Flats 10: Munitions storage bunkers on UTTR 11: UTTR 12: Munitions storage bunkers on UTTR 13-15: Lakeside USAF facility 16: I-80 looking west
1	3	General images 1: Inside of helicopter during aerial tour of UTTR 2-3: Road inside UTTR during land tour; view to south 4: Road inside UTTR during land tour; view to north. Wendover Air Base in distance, Pilot Peak in background 5: [missing] 6: Road inside UTTR during land tour 7-8: [missing] 9: Inside UTTR; Pilot Peak in background 10-12: Ore loading structure, inside UTTR 13: View of Salt Flats inside UTTR 14: Abandoned building in Goldfield, Nevada (outside the UTTR) 15: [missing] 16: Abandoned building in Goldfield, Nevada (outside the UTTR)
1	4	General images 1: Abandoned building in Goldfield, Nevada (outside the UTTR) 2: [missing] 3: Aerial view of Great Salt Lake 4: Aerial view of Bonneville Salt Flats 5: Dugway Pass, inside the UTTR 6: I-80 7-8: View inside UTTR 9-10: Wendover Air Base (abandoned) 11-12: USMC AV-8 Harrier jump jets at Wendover Air Base (abandoned). They were deployed to the UTTR for a training mission and stationed at the Air Base. 13-14: US Army helicopter in which we took the aerial tour of the UTTR 15-16: Control tower at Wendover Air Base (abandoned)
1	5	General images 1: USMC AV-8 Harrier jump jet on public display at Wendover Air Base (abandoned) 2-7: Barracks, munitions storage bunkers, other buildings at Wendover Air Base (abandoned) 8-16: Aerial views of UTTR. Number 11 is ancient bed of river that drained into Lake Bonneville. [Number 13 missing]
1	6	General images 1-11: Aerial views of UTTR, including vehicles, fake villages and fake military installations that are used as targets.

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