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Show 1850 '60 '70 '60 '90 1900 'lO '20 'X) '40 '50 '60 '70 I960 I i ri i i i i i i i i i i t i i I I I I I I I I I I I I i ,v,l 4210 1 lii Tramcurt mental Railroad Completed at Promonton . Itch. Max 10.1869 420 it - ' J J L Lull Acquired Slcltliool. !SVt w 4205 ij W 1 ,1 - 4205 : U -A I ) i is y m - - '' 1 j 4 it ) jj i , - Wo,,J(nRi:,!focJTmilcBu,h.l)(l3 I'jj' jl! J, i - y W : I 4 91 6 (I963i - l.cgot Bank Bixtni In IV tvrntim- IcU ftwmrtiii) 4190 - " 5l', I I i i i i i i I i J LJ i 1 ; i 1 i i . 1 ' ' I i 1850 '60 '70 '80 '90 1900 lO '20 ' 5.1 40 bO '6C 70 I960 : YEAR WET, DRY CYCLES The vast rise and fall of the Great Salt Lake since 1850 vividly show how the lake's water level reached a peak high in the early I870's of about 4,212 feet and a record low of 4,1 feet above sea level in 1963. The lake level today is about 4,206 feet and rapidly rising. |