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Box Elder County, showing Lucin, Utah water pond

The town of Lucin first planted it roots in 1869 approximately 10 miles to the north of its current location, along the Transcontinental Railroad 1869. By the end of the 19th century, railroad officials were looking to streamline the heavily used Transcontinental RR and identified the detour around the north end of the Great Salt Lake as a major loss in efficiency and resources. Plans were formed and in 1901 construction of the Lucin Cutoff began. The Lucin Cutoff was a direct route across a trestle on the Great Salt Lake, connecting Ogden to the East with the Lucin area to the West. As construction of the cutoff neared completion in 1903, the inhabitants of Lucin migrated to its current resting spot near which is the intersection of the old Transcontinental Railroad and the Lucin Cutoff. Before long "Old Lucin" had been forgotten and Lucin would thrive as a bustling logistics and supply point for the railroad. Commercial traffic started across the cutoff in early 1904 and by late summer 1904, passenger traffic was underway on the quicker route as way. Over the next 30 years Lucin served as a water stop for the trains. Water was collected from the nearby Pilot Mountains and plumbed via a 4" pipe and collects in a small pond right in the middle of Lucin town proper. As locomotive technology continued to improve, trains needed fewer stops and one by one the stops along the Transcontinental & Lucin Cutoff slowly died off. By the early 30's there were just a few residents left in Lucin.