Contrary to common belief, there was no quarry for the temple stones. The stones were pulled out of Big Cottonwood Canyon and Little Cottonwood Canyon and shaped by skilled masons into blocks for temple construction. | Source: “Quarrying granite for the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple” Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USAt. Photo by W. H. LOT 8772 [item] [P&P]Jackson.https://www.loc.gov/item/2016651814/Download Original File
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“Quarrying granite for the Salt Lake City Mormon Temple” Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USAt. Photo by W. H. LOT 8772 [item] [P&P]Jackson.https://www.loc.gov/item/2016651814/
