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CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District

CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The CCC Company 741 Powder Magazine Historic District encompasses two structures built by Camp 741 of the Civilian Conservation Corps c. 1936. The camp, the first established in Arkansas, used these structures to store explosive materials used in road and bridge construction projects. The two structures have concrete bases and tops, and have walls of cut fieldstone and concrete. The main magazine is , and the blasting cap storage building is about . The main magazine is located a short way north of Forest Road 177M in Ouachita National Forest; the blasting cap storage building is about to its northwest. Read more on Wikipedia

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