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Roundhouse Panorama Photograph (86351)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Railroadiana, Trains Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
Roundhouse Panorama Photograph  (86351)
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This item SOLD at 2019 Feb 11 @ 15:41UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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Housed in a beautiful walnut wooden frame, 14 x 42 inches, a historic panorama of the Sparks railroad roundhouse and environs, circa 1908. The largest roundhouse in the world at the time, it was also the largest building west of the Mississippi. In 1902, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company shortened and straightened its lines across the Forty Mile Desert, eliminating Wadsworth, the division point at that time. This move created the necessity for a new division point, with Reno being considered a candidate for the relocation. However, Reno’s high real estate costs caused Southern Pacific to reconsider its new division point location. Rather than ante up for the real estate, the company instead settled for the swampy, flood-prone area just east of Reno.From the Sparks Museum and Cultural Center website:"While looking for a suitable location nearer the mountains, the SP purchased two large ranches in the east end of the Truckee Meadows. The land was subject to spring flooding and was almost a swamp. The SP used 334 rail cars and personnel working two shifts a day for six months hauling in and spreading dirt and gravel to fill in the area. They raised the average elevation by 18 inches. In 1903-1904, they constructed the roundhouse, and many support facilities. A tract of land west of the roundhouse at the north side of the railroad land was reserved for employees willing to move from Wadsworth to the new town. There could be no commercial activities conducted in the Reserve. For that reason, as the town grew to support the railroad, all of the businesses were on the north side of the street dividing the railroad land from the town. Moving day from Wadsworth was July 1, 1904. On that day, houses were dismantled and placed on flat cars for transport, trees were dug up and prepared for shipment, wagons loaded and the migration began. The town was variously called East Reno, Glendale, and Harriman. The towns folk finally named the new city ‘Sparks’ in honor of then sitting Nevada Governor John Sparks. The Governor threw a barbecue for all at his Alamo Ranch south of Reno.

The city was incorporated on March 15, 1905." State: Nevada City: Sparks Date: