- City:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
These classic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) check dams and other stonework along Vista Del Valle Drive are yet another example of the extensive improvements the New Deal carried out in Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
Source notes
Michael Eberts, Griffith Park: A Centennial History
CCC group insignia on one of the check dams
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on May 9, 2016.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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- Griffith Park: Vermont Canyon Tennis Complex - Los Angeles
- Griffith Park: Roosevelt Municipal Golf Course - Los Angeles CA
- Griffith Park: CCC Camps (former) – Los Angeles CA
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