Former CCC Camp Officer Barracks Chimney - Letchworth State Park, NY
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N 42° 42.216 W 077° 56.147
18T E 259553 N 4732080
A chimney is the only structure remaining from former Gibsonville CCC camp.
Waymark Code: WMXT8E
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2018
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While there are a few remnants of walls and foundations, the only significant remains of the former Camp 40 SP 17 Gibsonville is this chimney. Based on a photo on the display board near the chimney, it appears to be the chimney and fireplace from the former CCC Camp Officer Barracks.
From a sign at the location of the former Camp 40 SP 17 Gibsonville:
During the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D Roosevelt devised a plan by which the government would create jobs for unemployed young men restoring our natural resources. On March 31, 1933, a bill establishing the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) was passed and the presidents goal was realized. New York State Parks took advantage of this new program to develop its facilities by creating four CCC camps at Letchworth State Park. Between 1933 and 1941, 3,000 men lived and worked at Letchworth State Park's Gibsonville, Great Bend, St. Helena. and Lower Falls camps. Visitors to Letchworth State Park can still find many reminders of the CCC's accomplishments.
In September 1933, men came to the Gibsonville camp from Camp Adirondack, New York, and camp Dix, New Jersey. The Gibsonville Camp closed in October 1937.
The young men of the Gibsonville Camp:
- Constructed shelters, fireplaces, rail fences, cabins, comfort stations, and the main park road from Mt. Morris to the Wolf Creek area.
- Seeded and planted shoulders and right of ways
- Conducted trail and woods cleanup
- Operated one of two quarries in the park
- Removed dead trees and brush
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