Powder Magazine (Blue Ball, Arkansas)

Powder Magazine
Nearest city Blue Ball, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°0′8″N 93°43′7″W / 35.00222°N 93.71861°W / 35.00222; -93.71861Coordinates: 35°0′8″N 93°43′7″W / 35.00222°N 93.71861°W / 35.00222; -93.71861
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1935 (1935)
MPS Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 93001096[1]
Added to NRHP October 20, 1993

The Powder Magazine is a surviving structure of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp of the 1707th Company. Located in Ouachita National Forest in the northeast corner of Scott County, Arkansas, it is a small stone and concrete structure about 4 by 3 feet (1.22 m × 0.91 m) and between 3 and 4-1/2 feet in height. It is located about 50 yards (46 m) south of the T-shaped junction of two forest roads (designated #96 and #99) in 1993) on top of a ridge above Dutch Creek. The structure was built to house the camp's explosives, which were typically used by the camp crew for road and bridge building projects.[2]

The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Powder Magazine" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-11.


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