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The CCC restored 3,980 historical structures, and developed over 800 state parks. There were over 4,500 CCC camps and in every state including Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Through the efforts of the CCC soil erosion was ultimately arrested on over 20 million acres. They stocked over one billion fish and spent 4,827,426 man-days surveying and mapping millions of acres and hundreds on lakes. They built 46,854 bridges and 4,622 fish rearing ponds. The CCC installed approximately 5,000 miles of water supply. They improved 3,462 beaches, transplanted 45 million trees and shrubs for landscaping and planted over 3 billion trees where forests were logged and burnt off. They spent 2,094.71 3-man days razing undesirable structures and built 63,256 buildings plus 8,045 wells and pump houses. The CCC spent 6,000,258 man-days in the operation of tree nurseries, they built 7,622 impounding and large diversion dams. They erected 405,037 signs, markers and monuments. They collected 1 3,632,41 5 pounds of hardwood tree seeds and 875,970 bushels of cones. They developed 6,966 miles of wildlife steams and built 28,087 miles of foot and horse trails, and 8,304 foot and horse bridges. They built 32,1 49 wildlife shelters, 1,865 drinking fountains and 204 lodges and museums. They also built 3,116 lookout towers. The CCC built 27,191 miles of fences and 38,550 vehicle bridges. The CCC spent 202,739 man-days fighting coal fires which had been burning since earliest history. And did you know Hundreds of thousands of the "boys" learned their trade in the CCC. Return to home page |