- City:
- Hawthorne, NV
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
“One of the biggest undertakings [CCC Company 1915] took on was the building of Cat Creek Dam. Knowing water is a viable commodity in the desert, these men saw the uncontrolled use and abuse from being overgrazed and where deep-rooted sage was replaced with shallow rooted grasses and willows. The CCC men laid approximately 40,000 feet of pipe to carry the water from the back areas. They also built a dam to contain the water.”
Source notes
https://mcindependentnews.com/2013/08/civilian-conservation-corps-helped-shape-hawthorne/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2015.
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