Magna City World War II Memorial

A generation later, the same mills fought a bigger war. Kennecott's Bingham operation produced close to a third of the copper the Allies used in the Second World War, and Magna's concentrators ran around the clock to feed it. With the young men gone to fight, women took places on the mill floor and Kennecott recruited Puerto Rican laborers to close the gap; in 1945 the war effort ran so critical that Washington briefly seized the company's railroad. This monument marks the Magna workers who served in the war their copper helped to win.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Saltair — 3.2 mi
  A haunting lakeside resort with a storied past
• International Peace Gardens — 8.7 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Temple Square — 11 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake City — 11 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.

More markers nearby

• Magna City World War I Memorial — steps away
• Pleasant Green Ward — 0.4 mi
• Magna Community Baptist Church — 0.7 mi
• Early Magna Settlements — 1.9 mi