Little Beaver Dam

Little Beaver Dam
Little Beaver State Park Dam, June 2005
Location Little Beaver State Park off WV 307, near Crow, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°45′17″N 81°4′6″W / 37.75472°N 81.06833°W / 37.75472; -81.06833Coordinates: 37°45′17″N 81°4′6″W / 37.75472°N 81.06833°W / 37.75472; -81.06833
Area less than one acre
Built 1942
Architect Coda, S.C., WPA; Konrad, John, CCC
NRHP reference # 98000287[1]
Added to NRHP April 1, 1998

Little Beaver Dam is a historic dam located in Little Beaver State Park, near Crow, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It was built between 1938 and 1942, as a federally supported project of the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps. The dam measures 400 feet long and 29 feet high and is faced with rough chiseled sandstone.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Katherine M. Jourdan and Robell Clark (November 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Little Beaver Dam" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.


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