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    Martin Creek Dams – Humboldt County NV

    Date added: January 14, 2015

    The CCC constructed four low water-diversion dams along Martin Creek in Humboldt County, NV. The projects were described as being “in the Winnemucca vicinity,” though further clarification of the location of these dams along the long creek is needed.

    Cat Creek Dam and Reservoir – Hawthorne NV

    Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: January 14, 2015

    “One of the biggest undertakings [CCC Company 1915] took on was the building of Cat Creek Dam. Knowing water is a viable commodity in the desert, these men saw the uncontrolled use and abuse from being overgrazed and where deep-rooted… read more

    Rifle Range – Hawthorne NV

    Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: January 14, 2015

    CCC Company 1915 “built the Marines an excellent rifle range” in the town or vicinity of Hawthorne, Nevada. The exact location or status of this facility is unknown to Living New Deal, though it is likely that the facility was… read more

    Airport – Hawthorne NV

    Date added: January 14, 2015

    Among the numerous infrastructure improvement projects undertaken by CCC Company 1915 near Hawthorne, Nevada was the construction of the town’s new “12-acre airport.” Living New Deal believes that this is what is now known as Hawthorne Industrial Airport.

    Cory Canyon Road – Hawthorne NV

    Date added: January 14, 2015

    After constructing a road up to Mount Grant from Cottonwood Canyon, CCC Company 1915 faced “an even more difficult road building job [when] they connected the Cory Canyon Road at the Laphan Divide-Cottonwood roads. These roads were crucial. The town… read more

    Mount Grant Road – Hawthorne NV

    Date added: January 14, 2015; Modified: January 14, 2015

    CCC Company 1915’s “first job was a daunting task. To build a road up Cottonwood Canyon to Mount Grant. These men worked under every condition, but still built a road up the steep mountain, which at the time, was one… read more

    Los Angeles Highway Improvements – Jean NV

    Date added: September 11, 2014; Modified: September 11, 2014

    “The New Deal continued to build facilities that would eventually contribute to Las Vegas’s emergence as a resort city. … Access to Las Vegas was also improved when New Deal funding finished the paving and widening of the Los Angeles… read more

    Road Paving – Las Vegas NV

    Date added: September 11, 2014

    “Between 1934 and 1935, Civil Works Administration and Federal Emergency Relief Administration workers had repaved over fifty-eight blocks. Much of the work was in the suburbs, where the “dust menace” had long been a problem.”

    Power Transfer Line – Pioche NV

    Date added: September 11, 2014

    The federal Public Works Administration provided a hefty loan and grant enabling the construction of a power line that would bring electricity from the then-newly completed Hoover Dam to the eastern Nevada town of Pioche. Nevadaculture.org: “[Then-Director of the Public… read more

    Clark Avenue Railroad Underpass – Las Vegas NV

    Date added: March 19, 2014; Modified: March 19, 2014

    Las Vegas’s Sun reported in 2004: “The underpass, the first structure of its type in Nevada to be listed in the [National Register of Historic Places], was built in 1937 by the Depression-era Works Project Administration. Preservationists say it’s important… read more

    Cathedral Gorge State Park Improvements – Lincoln County NV

    Date added: June 16, 2012; Modified: September 30, 2013

    “Lincoln County was not far behind Clark County sites in terms of federal funds spent on park developments. The county received approval for a fair share of state-operated recreational facilities that’s to the collective efforts of the county commission, the… read more

    Kershaw-Ryan State Park Improvements – Lincoln County NV

    Date added: June 16, 2012; Modified: September 30, 2013

    “Lincoln County was not far behind Clark County sites in terms of federal funds spent on park developments. The county received approval for a fair share of state-operated recreational facilities that’s to the collective efforts of the county commission, the… read more

    Beaver Dam State Park Improvements – Lincoln County NV

    Date added: June 16, 2012; Modified: September 30, 2013

    “Lincoln County was not far behind Clark County sites in terms of federal funds spent on park developments. The county received approval for a fair share of state-operated recreational facilities that’s to the collective efforts of the county commission, the… read more

    Southside School Annex – Reno NV

    Date added: April 13, 2013; Modified: April 13, 2013

    “The Southside School annex was built in 1936 to provide additional classrooms for the Southside School, which was built in 1903 and demolished in 1960 to make way for Reno’s City Hall. The school annex was built with Works Progress… read more

    Idlewood Pool – Reno NV

    Date added: April 13, 2013; Modified: April 13, 2013

    The PWA constructed a swimming pool at Idlewild Park in Reno in 1937.