Grant Steam Locomotive No. 223

Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, Utah. County/parish: Salt Lake.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 23, 1979. NRIS 79002501.

1 contributing structure.

From Wikipedia:

Rio Grande 223

Denver and Rio Grande Western 223 is a 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type narrow-gauge steam locomotive built for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad by the Grant Locomotive Works of Paterson, New Jersey in 1881–82. Number 223 was completed in December 1881, at a cost of $11,553. Rio Grande 223 is the only surviving narrow-gauge engine built by Grant Locomotive Works. D&RGW 223 and the other Class 60 engines were part of the Rio Grande's expansion into Colorado and Utah in the 1880s.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/72001515