Powder Magazine (Blue Ball, Arkansas) Explained

Powder Magazine
Coordinates:35.0022°N -93.7186°W
Added:October 20, 1993
Refnum:93001096

The Powder Magazine is a surviving structure of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp of the 1707th Company. Located in Ouachita National Forest in the northeast corner of Scott County, Arkansas, it is a small stone and concrete structure about 4feetx3feetft (xft) and between 3 and 4-1/2 feet in height. It is located about 50yd south of the T-shaped junction of two forest roads (designated #96 and #99) in 1993) on top of a ridge above Dutch Creek. The structure was built to house the camp's explosives, which were typically used by the camp crew for road and bridge building projects.[1]

The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for Powder Magazine. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-05-11.