Salt Lake Temple
Granite temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square, Salt Lake City. See Salt Lake City.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why a Mormon Mega-Temple is Being Dug-Up | The B1M | subject | A $2BN retrofit slides a 40-year granite build onto base isolators. |
Why a Mormon Mega-Temple is Being Dug-Up — The B1M (2026)
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It features walls up to nine feet thick, contains 170 rooms and sits on a site 11.4 acres big.
- Role: subject
- In the video: The B1M explains the roughly $2BN base-isolation retrofit of a temple never built for earthquakes. It recounts the 40-year construction from granite hauled by ox teams from Little Cottonwood Canyon, 32 km away, and how the temple block anchored Salt Lake City’s grid of wide streets and large blocks. Christchurch’s quake-damaged cathedral serves as the warning.
- Why it matters: The temple is the subject, and its role at the centre of the city plan explains why it is being saved rather than replaced.