View of the Old Mackletree Road Bridge, Shawnee State Park, constructed in 1934 by Co. 1545 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (April 2016).
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In 2016, the historic stone bridge across Turkey Creek was replaced with a modern single-span structure. This photograph captures the old bridge just before its demolition. Stones from the original structure were incorporated into a new CCC Stone Memorial in Shawnee State Park.
This file appears in: Roosevelt Lake and the CCC Stone Memorial: Memorializing the Men Who Built Shawnee State Park and Forest
Roosevelt Lake and the CCC Stone Memorial: Memorializing the Men Who Built Shawnee State Park and Forest
In 1934, a segregated, all-black Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) unit of enrollees, known as Company 1545, dammed the waters of Mackletree Run and Turkey Creek, creating Roosevelt Lake, the…