Yellowwood Lake and Dam – Needmore IN

City:
Needmore, IN

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Dams

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1938

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Description

This earthen dam, impounding the 133-acre Yellowwood Lake, in Yellowwood State Forest, was completed in 1938 with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Source notes

DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory;"Potsutial WPA Historic Properties in Indiana." (1988); Outdoor Indiana 5 (Oct 1938) 16, 24.

Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeolog on August 19, 2015.

Location Info


Yellowwood State Forest
Needmore, IN 47448
Brown County

Coordinates: 39.177358, -86.340664

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