- City:
- Kanawha State Forest, WV
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Lakes and Ponds, Flood and Erosion Control, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
Description
In ca. 1939 at Kanawha, CCC workers built Davis Creek Dam to form the 1.5-acre Ellison Pond. Pinned to the solid rock streambed and built of concrete and cut sandstone, the impoundment dam is 100 feet in length and approximately 10 feet high.
The dam was recently removed to re-establish the original stream.
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form:
https://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf
(page 43)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish & Ernest Blevins on June 5, 2015.
Additional contributions by Wesley Kuemmel.
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Ernest Everett Blevins
Video on proposed project to remove the dam. WV DEP “Environment Matters: Stream Restoration Project Planned for Kanawha State Forest”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyTNkRb3yo&index=2&t=0s&list=PLLyTaD88wM7iNQtsgMwunUCRpFujzNmnF (accessed 7 February 2019)