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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1934/10/06 CCC arrive to begin erecting an earthen dam to create Lake Nemaha, a federal flood control project in a agricultural district entirely devoid of parks and water areas for outdoor recreation. The project was not possible without the government CCC camp.
1937/00/00 Civilian Conservation Corps Builder Civilian Conservation Corps constructs quarried stone post and stone wall guardrails along on Kansas Highway 63 at Lake Nemaha.

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Particulars for Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Object
Architectural Style Park Service Rustic
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Road-related
Area of Significance Social History
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd July 2008

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail
Registry Address: 5.12 miles south of Seneca, KS on Hwy 63
Registry Number: 08000620
Resource Type: Object
Theme Group: New Deal-Era Resources of Kansas MPS
Owner: State
Architect: Civilian Conservation Corps Co.2735
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Park Rustic
Contributing Objects: 216
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social history, Politics-government
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: 1937
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Road-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Road-related

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