Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail
Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail | |
Location | 5.12 miles south of Seneca, KS on Hwy 63, Seneca, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 39°45′56″N 96°02′06″W / 39.76556°N 96.03500°WCoordinates: 39°45′56″N 96°02′06″W / 39.76556°N 96.03500°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c.1937 |
Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps Co. 2735 |
Architectural style | Park Rustic |
MPS | New Deal-Era Resources of Kansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 08000620[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 2, 2008 |
The Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail, located about 5 metres (0.0050 km) miles south of Seneca, Kansas on , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in about 1937.[1]
The guardrail runs along the highway as it crosses over the dam which formed . The listing include 216 contributing objects: "215 posts or pillars of quarried stone capped with three-foot square concrete blocks on the west side of the highway, and a single continuous stone parapet wall on the east side of the highway".[2]
The Lake Nemaha Dam was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in about 1933. Lake Nemaha existed until 1986 when its spillway washed out.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ DarlAnn Rial; Dean Rial (June 1, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail". National Park Service. Retrieved December 6, 2017. With six photos from 2007.
- ^ "Nemaha State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area". StateParks.Com.
Categories:
- National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
- Buildings and structures completed in 1937
- Nemaha County, Kansas
- Kansas Registered Historic Place stubs