Washoe County Atomic Test Site
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Oddly, the Washoe County map in "Nevada, The Silver State," p. 106, 1970, includes the text "Atomic Test Site" across the road between Spanish Springs and Pyramid Lake.
This location is probably the former Rocketdyne site in the Palomino Valley.[1][2]
A different location in Washoe County was intended to be In 1957 an newspaper article stated that Curtis Wright purchased 150 square miles for a missile and atomic testing site. The area started three miles east of Reno and extended 30 miles, including most of the land between Reno and Virginia City. There were negotiations to obtain as much as 300 square miles.[3]
References
- ↑ Jeff DeLong, "Nevada site, key to space race, deals with pollutants," March 16, 2014, Reno Gazette-Journal and USA Today.
- ↑ Boeing/RocketDyne, "Environmental Investigation and Cleanup at the Former Nevada Field Laboratory," August, 2004. (archive.org)
- ↑ "Large Area Purchased For Missile Test Site," Park City Daily News, July 14, 1957.