- City:
- Black Hills National Forest, Hill City, SD
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Conservation and Public Lands, Housing Programs, Work Relief Programs, Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec), Farm Security Administration (FSA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Several New Deal agencies contributed to the construction of the Deerfield Dam in the vicinity of Hill City and the Black Hills National Forest, SD. Construction began before the Roosevelt Administration, continued during the New Deal, and finished after World War II.
According to the Bureau of Reclamation, “Construction was started on July 7, 1942, by the Farm Security Administration and was later continued by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Civilian Public Service Camp under the Works Projects Administration during World War II. The facilities were completed by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1947.”
Source notes
Bureau of Reclamation (https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=375), accessed June 2020.
Site originally submitted by Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock on June 8, 2020.
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