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Bryce Canyon
Historic Resource Study |
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APPENDIX A
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
Civilian Conservation Corps and Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
Work Accomplished Under Supervision of the
National Park Service
April 1, 1933 to July 8, 1942
| Classification | Units of Work | ||
| CCC | ERA | ||
| 110 Cabin | 1 | Frame Construction 28'8" x 21'8" three rooms | |
| 110 Residence | 1 | Remodel frame messhall into 22' x 44' three-room dwelling | |
| 110 Employee's Dormitory | 1 | Constructed according to Master Plan No. BC-3014E and working Plan No. BC-327 B most of the material being salvaged from other buildings | |
| 113 Comfort Station | 2 | Removed from campground and relocated and remodeled | |
| 113 Comfort Station | 1 | Log construction 13'6" x 24', two compartment | |
| 113 Pit Toilets | 3 | 4' x 5' frame construction | |
| 113 Pit Toilets | 2 | 6'6" x 5'6" native lumber for two occupants | |
| 115 Lookout-Rainbow Point | 1 | 17'6" x 52' log construction, open front. Exhibit case back wall | |
| 120 Contact Station | 1 | Log construction 7' x 10'6" located on island 200' x 11' for landscaping | |
| 120 Move Messhall | 1 | Move building in sections and reassemble into five-room dwelling 23' x 44'7" | |
| 131 Boundary Fence | 3204 rods | 8.4 miles | 5 strand barb wire cedar posts 10' spacing |
| 134 Powerline | 3.2 miles | .5 miles | Set posts for 7250 volt line in cooperation with Garkane Power Company, 1 mile of line in park |
| 139 Sanitation Improvement | 1 | Excavating garbage pit 20' x 60' x 10' | |
| 139 Sewerline | 700 linear feet | 6" vitrified clay pipe | |
| 139 Sewer System | 1 | 2800' vitrified clay pipe - 10 manholes connects to National Park System | |
| 140 Telephone lines | 1.9 miles | Relocation of telephone lines to new location | |
| 141 Drinking Fountains | 2 | Rock Masonry pedestal 3'6" high | |
| 143 waterline | 2300 linear feet | 1100'- 2" galv. pipe 200'- 1" galv. pipe, 600'- 3/4" galv. pipe | |
| 148 Fireplaces | 20 | Rock masonry in accordance with standard plans. | |
| 149 Cattle Guard | 1 | 8' x 22'—25' rails space 6-3/4" 8' underpass with 8'9" clearance reinforced concrete walls and beams | |
| 149 Cattle Guard | 1 | 28'2" x 9'1" tread 40" rail concrete abutments | |
| 153 Road Signs | 23 | Yellow pine carved directional signs average 1'4" high. Posts yellow pine peeled and treated 3' high. | |
| 153 Monuments | 1 | Treated peeled yellow pine pillar 10' high supporting 8' x 4'9" entrance sign, 4'5" yellow pine pillar opposite | |
| 155 Tables | 35 | Table and bench combination in accordance with standard plans | |
| 155 Campground tables | 51 | Standard design, frame construction | |
| 157 Lecture Circle | 1 | Gravel surface, permanent log seats, timber platform with firepits | |
| 157 Miscellaneous Minor Improvements | 1 | Constructed museum exhibit cases | |
| 157 Fire Danger Weather Station | 1 | 20' squared fenced enclosure housing hydrothermograph, fuel, moisture instruments and wind gauge, and specmeter | |
| 202 Minor Roads | 3.05 miles | 18' graded and graveled surfaced | |
| 206 Foot Trails | 16 miles | .6 miles—4' gravel surface | |
| 206 Trail Improvement | 12.5 miles | Reconditioning sections of trail widening to 4' | |
| 207 Horse Trails | 45.2 miles | 4' earth graded | |
| 304 Check dams | 1000 | 1' to 5' permanent log check dams | |
| 603 Roadside Cleanup | 7 miles | Remove dam timber, etc., on roadsides | |
| 609 Insect Pest Control | 20745 acres | 23100 acres | Spotting and treating acres beetle infected yellow pine and Douglas Fir |
| 705 Landscaping | 51 acres | Dressing and stabilizing road slopes | |
| 706 Moving and planting trees and shrubs | 250 | 1150 | Moving and planting native trees and shrubs around campground |
| 710 Parking Areas | 2250 square yards | 300 square yards graded and gravel surfaced with rock masonry barrier, 1950 square yards with log barrier | |
| 711 Campground Development | .6 acres | Grading and surfacing for future development | |
| 713 Razing Undesirable Structure | 1 | Demolish and salvage of old contact station | |
| 713 Demolish Old Dormitory | 1 | Demolish building and salvage all usable material | |
| 713 Obliteration of Old Roads | 4 miles | Change areas to original state with rock, trees, and brush | |
| 716 Footpaths—Rainbow Point | 200 linear feet | 6' path with 1/2" gravel surface | |
| 1004 Wood Eradication | 14 acres | Eradication of poisonous and exotic weeds and plants | |
| 1012 Preparation and Transfer of Materials | 55,458 F.B.M. | Windthrown logs salvaged and sawed into lumber | |
| 1012 Preparation and Transfer of Materials | 84 logs | 12', 14', and 16' lengths—average 24" diameter, salvage from insect control work | |
| 1012 Salvage Beetle Timber | 94,000 F.B.M. | Salvage beetle infected timber which was sawed into lumber for future CCC use | |
| 1012 Stockpile-Road Maintenance | 4500 Cubic Yards | Road material for highway maintenance | |
| 1023 Lineal Survey | 50 miles | Surveys throughout the park | |
| 1025 Topographic Surveys | 35 A | Surveys throughout the park. | |
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