For an example of a Civilian Conservation Corps Powder House (Paradise
Valley, Nevada) to go the Library of Congress American memory Project
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ncr:4:./temp/~ammem_RsYR::@@@mdb=manz,eaa,aap,aaeo,rbaapcbib,aasm,ftvbib,aaodyssey,hh,gottscho,mharendt,bbpix,bbcards,magbell,berl,lbcoll,rbpebib,calbkbib,tccc,lhbcbbib,cdn,cic,cwband,cwnyhs,gmd,mtaft,cwar,cola,consrvbib,bdsbib,coolbib,coplandbib,curt,dag,musdibib,fsaall,mfd,papr,aep,fine,fmuever,dcm,cmns,flwpabib,afcreed,cowellbib,toddbib,lomaxbib,ngp,afcwwgbib,haybib,raelbib,gottlieb,mtj,alad,wpa,mal,scsm,mcc,mymhiwebib,mmorse,aipn,ncpm,ncpsbib,afcwip,fawbib,omhbib,pan,afcpearl,vv,wpapos,psbib,pin,presp,lhbprbib,qlt,ncr,relpet,mussm,dukesm,mesnbib,llstbib,denn,amss,uncall,fpnas,svybib,runyon,wtc,lhbtnbib,detr,hlaw,lhbumbib,upboverbib,varstg,horyd,mgw,hawp,nawbib,suffrg,awh,awhbib,nfor,sgp,wright
In case this INSANELY long url does not work, just go to the front page and
search for Powder House
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
:-)
Smoke.
Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
605 West Main Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
(479) 968-2354 Ext. 233
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Trish
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I’m doing some research on two structures: a powder magazine and a
blasting cap magazine in northwest California. These are not your typical
military style magazines. They are small, built into the existing
hillside, and retained with stacked rock. The actual magazines are
preconstructed metal: the cap magazine is of corrugated metal pipe; the
powder magazine is rectangular and is constructed of welded and riveted
metal components. They appear to have been built to follow the regulations
for the placement of such structures relative to one another.
Mining was not an industry in the area, but logging was. The Northwestern
Pacific Railroad was built in the area in 1901 but was built mostly on
level ground. The highway was constructed through the area circa 1918 and
hills were blasted in some areas to reduce the curvature of the highway.
I’m conducting research into the use of blasting in both the logging and
road construction industries. My suspicion is that the structures are
associated with highway construction rather than logging because the
logging that occurred in the immediate vicinity was not large scale and
might not have warranted the construction of permanent (albeit humble)
magazines. My question is: has anyone encountered structures such as
these and, if so, were they associated with either of these industries?
Trish Fernandez
Pacific Legacy
Sierra/Central Division
3081 Alhambra Drive, Suite 208
Cameron Park, CA 95682
530.677.9713, ext. 24
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