Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Terrace is a ghost town, located in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The town was established April 1, 1869 as a Central Pacific Railroad \"division point\" (operations base), on the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad and included a 16 stall roundhouse and an 8 track switchyard. Terrace was dependent on the railroad throughout its history.In 1904 the Southern Pacific Railroad, successor to the Central Pacific, completed the Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake. The new route bypassed Terrace, and the tracks through town became a little-used branchline. The railroad closed its facilities at Terrace, moving the division point to Montello, Nevada. The railroad line through Terrace was finally abandoned in 1942. Many of Terrace's houses and buildings were moved to Montello. The cemetery still remains with only three headstones, and only a pile of red bricks is next to the railroad."@en }
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- Terrace,_Utah abstract "Terrace is a ghost town, located in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The town was established April 1, 1869 as a Central Pacific Railroad \"division point\" (operations base), on the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad and included a 16 stall roundhouse and an 8 track switchyard. Terrace was dependent on the railroad throughout its history.In 1904 the Southern Pacific Railroad, successor to the Central Pacific, completed the Lucin Cutoff across the Great Salt Lake. The new route bypassed Terrace, and the tracks through town became a little-used branchline. The railroad closed its facilities at Terrace, moving the division point to Montello, Nevada. The railroad line through Terrace was finally abandoned in 1942. Many of Terrace's houses and buildings were moved to Montello. The cemetery still remains with only three headstones, and only a pile of red bricks is next to the railroad.".