- City:
- Kansas City, KS
- Site Type:
- Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The massive dam that impounds Wyandotte County Lake was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
“The construction of the Wyandotte County Lake (Marshall Creek) Dam began as a WPA project in 1936. On September 19,1937, with the project 90% completed, the dam collapsed. After re-engineering the dam was rebuilt …”
Facts and Figures (from county website):
- The dam is rolled earth core with hydraulic fill sand shell.
- The length of the dam is 1700 feet.
- Base width is 1000 feet.
- Crest width is 30 feet.
- The original depth after construction was 84 feet by the dam.
- Spillway length is 279 feet and is 16 feet in diameter.
Source notes
https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Parks-Recreation/About#section-3 (accessed Aug. 2023)
https://www.kshs.org/preserve/pdfs/wyandottelakepark_survey2009.pdf
Wyandotte County Historical Museum Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=173896940486539
Site originally submitted by Erin Morrison, Dave McDermott, and Evan Kalish on August 6, 2023.
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My grandfather worked on the spillway