Beaver Creek Retaining Wall CCC Project - Rimrock, AZ
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DopeyDuck
N 34° 36.683 W 111° 50.565
12S E 422734 N 3830270
Quick Description: There were a few projects completed by the CCC at Montezuma Castle Natl Monument. The excavation of Castle A is the most famous, but the Beaver Creek wire/rock retaining wall was critical to protect against the frequent flooding.
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 1/11/2009 9:58:28 PM
Waymark Code: WM5J58
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Long Description:The National Park Service lists the CCC projects on their website:
("http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=&PARK=MOCA&RECORDNO=14&sort=2"
target="_blank">visit link)
"Montezuma Castle NM: A Past Preserved in Stone
Determined eligible by Arizona State Historic Preservation
Office on July 13, 1994 due to National Register Criteria A and C.
Constructed by the CCC to protect monument grounds and Sycamore
Trail from the frequent flooding of Beaver Creek.
Long Significance Description:
The CCC revetment of Montezuma Castle National Monument was
determined eligible for the National Register by Arizona State
Historic Preservation Office at a local level, on July 13, 1994.
This is due to National Register Criterion A for events that have
made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history
and Criterion C for distinctive characteristics of a type, period
and method of construction.
This revetment was constructed by the Civilian Conservation
Corps to protect monument grounds and Sycamore Trail from the
frequent flooding of Beaver Creek. After the floods of 1938, the
section of the revetment below the castle was increased in height.
The high quality of construction is typical of the found in CCC
work. The CCC constructed a significant number of structures and
facilities in national, state and county parks. The CCC used the
native materials so that the structure is compatible with the
associated landscape.
CCC Revetment
Structure Number: MG-10
Other Names:
1. Beaver Creek Gabion Wall
2. Basket Dam
Revetment runs from the wall of the VC parking lot to the cliff
face past the end of the interpretive trail. It is constructed of
large, random-sized river rock which is covered and anchored by
6"x6" metal mesh and metal stakes. 3' wide at top, up to 10' high
on river side, approx 3' on bank side.
Long Physical Description:
The revetment is constructed of large, random-sized river rock
which is covered and anchored in place by 6"x6" metal mesh. Metal
stakes are inserted vertically through the wall for added
stabilization. The structure averages 3' wide at top, ranges from
4' to 10' high on the river side, and approximately 3' on the bank
side.
The revetment extends over 1120' long, and runs from the
retaining wall of the visitor center parking lot to the limestone
cliff face past the end of the interpretive trail." Source:
("http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=&PARK=MOCA&RECORDNO=14&sort=2"
target="_blank">visit link)