Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail

The Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail, located about 5 metres (0.0050 km) miles south of Seneca, Kansas on Kansas Highway 63, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in about 1937.[1]

Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	5.12 miles south of Seneca, KS on Hwy 63, Seneca, Kansas
Coordinates	39°45′56″N 96°02′06″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1937
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps Co. 2735
Architectural style	Park Rustic
MPS	New Deal-Era Resources of Kansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	08000620[1]
Added to NRHP	July 2, 2008

The guardrail runs along the highway as it crosses over the dam which formed Lake Nemaha. The listing include 216 contributing objects: "215 posts or pillars of quarried stone capped with three-foot square concrete blocks on the west side of the highway, and a single continuous stone parapet wall on the east side of the highway".[2]

The Lake Nemaha Dam was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in about 1933. Lake Nemaha existed until 1986 when its spillway washed out.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. DarlAnn Rial; Dean Rial (June 1, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lake Nemaha Dam Guardrail". National Park Service. Retrieved December 6, 2017. With six photos from 2007.
3. "Nemaha State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area". StateParks.Com.