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*HM 189*


-- Southern Pacific Railroad Yards --

Location: Sparks
Directions: Located at the corner of B Street and Pyramid Way (SR 445)

Location: 1
Visibility: 2
Accessibility: 3
Marker type: St (L)
   

Date Conquered: 9/23/07
Quick Description: A marker noting the beginning of Nevada's rich network of railroad lines.
Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was never signed.

What an awesome concrete view. Another TERRIBLE placement by the SHPO. #189 would be much better placed on the other side of I-80 at the actual railroad yards!

Full Description:
Exact description as reads...

Soon after 1900, some 373 miles of the original Central Pacific (now Southern Pacific) line between Reno and Ogden, Utah, was rebuilt. The work involved shortening of the line in some places. One such change took Wadsworth (Nevada), a division terminal, off the main line. During the summer of 1904 the terminal was moved to this location, which became the town of Sparks. A huge 40-stall locomotive roundhouse was dismantled in 1959. Still standing are the machine and erecting shops. Had it not been for the railroad yards being moved here, the City of Sparks would not exist.

Oh that clutter! Notice the complicated and extremely inconvenient placement of #189. Not only do hunters have to cross B Street to read the plaque, but parking is nearly non-existent. Don't even think about parking in the gas station across the street from here. You've been warned!

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