Bryce Canyon
Historic Resource Study
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APPENDIX A

BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
Civilian Conservation Corps and Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
Work Accomplished Under Supervision of the
National Park Service
April 1, 1933 to July 8, 1942

Classification Units of Work
CCC ERA
110 Cabin 1
Frame Construction 28'8" x 21'8" three rooms
110 Residence
1 Remodel frame messhall into 22' x 44' three-room dwelling
110 Employee's Dormitory
1 Constructed according to Master Plan No. BC-3014E and working Plan No. BC-327 B most of the material being salvaged from other buildings
113 Comfort Station 2
Removed from campground and relocated and remodeled
113 Comfort Station 1
Log construction 13'6" x 24', two compartment
113 Pit Toilets 3
4' x 5' frame construction
113 Pit Toilets 2
6'6" x 5'6" native lumber for two occupants
115 Lookout-Rainbow Point 1
17'6" x 52' log construction, open front. Exhibit case back wall
120 Contact Station 1
Log construction 7' x 10'6" located on island 200' x 11' for landscaping
120 Move Messhall 1
Move building in sections and reassemble into five-room dwelling 23' x 44'7"
131 Boundary Fence 3204 rods8.4 miles 5 strand barb wire cedar posts 10' spacing
134 Powerline 3.2 miles.5 miles Set posts for 7250 volt line in cooperation with Garkane Power Company, 1 mile of line in park
139 Sanitation Improvement
1 Excavating garbage pit 20' x 60' x 10'
139 Sewerline 700 linear feet
6" vitrified clay pipe
139 Sewer System 1
2800' vitrified clay pipe - 10 manholes connects to National Park System
140 Telephone lines 1.9 miles
Relocation of telephone lines to new location
141 Drinking Fountains 2
Rock Masonry pedestal 3'6" high
143 waterline 2300 linear feet
1100'- 2" galv. pipe
200'- 1" galv. pipe,
600'- 3/4" galv. pipe
148 Fireplaces 20
Rock masonry in accordance with standard plans.
149 Cattle Guard 1
8' x 22'—25' rails space 6-3/4" 8' underpass with 8'9" clearance reinforced concrete walls and beams
149 Cattle Guard 1
28'2" x 9'1" tread 40" rail concrete abutments
153 Road Signs 23
Yellow pine carved directional signs average 1'4" high. Posts yellow pine peeled and treated 3' high.
153 Monuments 1
Treated peeled yellow pine pillar 10' high supporting 8' x 4'9" entrance sign, 4'5" yellow pine pillar opposite
155 Tables 35
Table and bench combination in accordance with standard plans
155 Campground tables 51
Standard design, frame construction
157 Lecture Circle 1
Gravel surface, permanent log seats, timber platform with firepits
157 Miscellaneous Minor Improvements 1
Constructed museum exhibit cases
157 Fire Danger Weather Station 1
20' squared fenced enclosure housing hydrothermograph, fuel, moisture instruments and wind gauge, and specmeter
202 Minor Roads 3.05 miles
18' graded and graveled surfaced
206 Foot Trails 16 miles
.6 miles—4' gravel surface
206 Trail Improvement
12.5 miles Reconditioning sections of trail widening to 4'
207 Horse Trails 45.2 miles
4' earth graded
304 Check dams 1000
1' to 5' permanent log check dams
603 Roadside Cleanup 7 miles
Remove dam timber, etc., on roadsides
609 Insect Pest Control 20745 acres23100 acres Spotting and treating acres beetle infected yellow pine and Douglas Fir
705 Landscaping 51 acres
Dressing and stabilizing road slopes
706 Moving and planting trees and shrubs 2501150 Moving and planting native trees and shrubs around campground
710 Parking Areas 2250 square yards
300 square yards graded and gravel surfaced with rock masonry barrier, 1950 square yards with log barrier
711 Campground Development .6 acres
Grading and surfacing for future development
713 Razing Undesirable Structure 1
Demolish and salvage of old contact station
713 Demolish Old Dormitory
1 Demolish building and salvage all usable material
713 Obliteration of Old Roads
4 miles Change areas to original state with rock, trees, and brush
716 Footpaths—Rainbow Point 200 linear feet
6' path with 1/2" gravel surface
1004 Wood Eradication 14 acres
Eradication of poisonous and exotic weeds and plants
1012 Preparation and Transfer of Materials 55,458 F.B.M.
Windthrown logs salvaged and sawed into lumber
1012 Preparation and Transfer of Materials 84 logs
12', 14', and 16' lengths—average 24" diameter, salvage from insect control work
1012 Salvage Beetle Timber 94,000 F.B.M.
Salvage beetle infected timber which was sawed into lumber for future CCC use
1012 Stockpile-Road Maintenance 4500 Cubic Yards
Road material for highway maintenance
1023 Lineal Survey 50 miles
Surveys throughout the park
1025 Topographic Surveys 35 A
Surveys throughout the park.


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