Powder Magazine (Blue Ball, Arkansas)

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 4 by 3 feet (1.22 m × 0.91 m) and between 3 and 4-1/2 feet in height. It is located about 50 yards (46 m) 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.[2]

Powder Magazine
Nearest cityBlue Ball, Arkansas
Coordinates35°0′8″N 93°43′7″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1935 (1935)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
MPSFacilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.93001096[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1993

The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

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