Virginia City Fire

Tags: divide , dividereservoir , virginiacity

Date of photo: 1989/90

Photographer: Karl Larson

Available Sizes: 870x1024 | 1536x1807

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Description

The old Virginia City Water Company barn/County Shop, built in 1872, burning in 1989 or 90 at the Divide Reservoir between Virginia City and Gold Hill.

Photographer notes: I had been over by the building snapping pictures, but moved across the pond because the fire was getting alarmingly close to a huge propane tank, and I wanted to be able to dive into the water if it blew. . . it didn't, but I definitely found the best place to photograph it from (a horizontal version of this appeared on the front page of the Reno paper, for which I was paid their usual nothing).

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Date Uploaded: March 6, 2021

Permanent Link: http://wnhpc.com/details/vc_fire_1989

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