Cross section showing the original proposed floor plan of the temple on the left and the final plan on the right.

Cross section showing the original proposed floor plan of the temple on the left and the final plan on the right.
Architects, recognizing the need for large ordinance rooms, decided to construct only one main assembly room in the Salt Lake Temple. | Source: Salt Lake Temple Cross Section. Fig. 2 (Image previously published in Temples to Dot the Earth). Used with permission. Cowan, Richard O. “The Design, Construction, and Role of the Salt Lake Temple,” in Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, ed. Scott C. Esplin and Kenneth L. Alford (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, 2011), 47–68.
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