Manzanita Lake - University of Nevada, Reno
N 39° 32.224 W 119° 48.954
11S E 258001 N 4380165
Manzanita Lake sits in the heart of the University of Nevada campus.
Waymark Code: WMJYM0
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2014
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Beyond Manzanita (Hall) is a wooden tramway, picturesque between a long sweep of lawn and the end of MANZANITA LAKE a shallow cup set in green banks with weeping willows sweeping the edges.
Manzanita Lake is actually a reservoir that contains a concrete dam at the south end that was constructed by the WPA in 1940 (same year as this Nevada publication). The WPA also created an irrigation canal that meanders its way northeast into Sparks, NV, becoming
Orr Ditch and providing a couple of golf courses with water. You can visit the WPA Projects waymark to this dam and irrigation canal
here. It should also be mentioned that the wooden tramway mentioned in the book has been replaced by the current concrete dam and walkway.