Glenbrook

Glenbrook (HMDUP)

Location: Glenbrook, NV 89413 Douglas County
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N 39° 4.86', W 119° 56.52'

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Lumbering operations in the Glenbrook area of Lake Tahoe began in 1861. Consolidation of V-Flume systems in and near Clear Creek Canyon by 1872 made it possible to float lumber, cordwood, and sawed material from Spooner's Summit to Carson City and to eliminate wagon hauling over the 9-year old Lake Bigler Toll Road (Kings Canyon Road).

In 1873, the new Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company, under Duane Bliss, assumed all operations, becoming the largest Comstock wood and lumber combine. It controlled over 50,000 acres of timberland, operating 2 to 4 sawmills, 2 Tahoe Lake steam tugs to tow logs, 2 logging railroads, the logging camps employing 500 men, and a planing mill and box factory in Carson City.

Timber depletion and reduced Comstock mining closed the company in 1898; it had taken 750,000,000 board feet of lumber and 500,000 cords of wood from the Tahoe Basin Forests during its lifetime.
State Historic Landmark No.219
Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology
Victor O. Goodwin
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HM NumberHMDUP
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Marker Number219
Placed ByDivision of Historic Preservation and Archeology, Victor O. Goodwin
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Date Added Thursday, September 25th, 2014 at 1:45pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 245514 N 4329886
Decimal Degrees39.08100000, -119.94200000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 4.86', W 119° 56.52'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 4' 51.60" N, 119° 56' 31.20" W
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Area Code(s)775
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1839-1841 Lincoln Highway, Glenbrook NV 89413, US
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