The metal tracks are from the last operating lines of streetcars that from the late 1800s until the 1940s brought people back and forth to Salt Lake City and Murray on an electrified line.
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“I've heard that it's going to be about a million dollars per block from, like, 600 South down to, I think, 900 South," he said."So quite a bit of money going into it, and it should look pretty good.”“We're looking at 110-year-old trolley car lines that were sitting six inches below State Street," said Chris Merritt, the Utah State Historic Preservation officer.
“We had this amazing intricate system of trolley car lines to move people efficiently with very little air pollution," he said.
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