Monongahela National Forest: CCC Camp Barracks – Lead Mine WV

City:
Lead Mine, Monongahela National Forest, WV

Site Type:
Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps

New Deal Agencies:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1933

Quality of Information:
Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built camp barracks in the Monongahela National Forest, in 1933. Pictured are CCC crews and barracks under construction photographed by E.S. Shipp in September 1933. This is likely Camp Nicholas P-53.

Source notes

CCC Legacy West Virginia: (https://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camps_West_Virginia.html), accessed March 30, 2018.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on March 30, 2018.

Location Info


Monongahela National Forest, WV

Coordinates: 38.629715, -79.829593

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