New Priorities of Protection

New Priorities of Protection (HMKBL)

Location: Ninety Six, SC 29666 Greenwood County
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Country: United States of America
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N 34° 11.267', W 81° 57.433'

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Rock walls communicate that a place is important and worth of protection — a sanctuary. In the 1940s, Civilian conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees were using the boulders scattered before you to erect a rock wall guarding Lake Greenwood State Park.

Following the sneak attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941, however, they dropped their work and were given a new sanctuary to protect — the United States. The country had entered World War II, and like other CCC men from across the nation, those building the rock wall at Lake Greenwood were deployed to fight. They traded their axes and shovels for rifles and ammunition.

This August 1941 drawing shows how the entrance wall would have looked upon completion. The CCC workers began construction in the fall but were interrupted when war broke out that December.
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HM NumberHMKBL
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Placed BySouth Carolina State Park Service
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Date Added Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 6:45am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 411796 N 3783391
Decimal Degrees34.18778333, -81.95721667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 34° 11.267', W 81° 57.433'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds34° 11' 16.02" N, 81° 57' 25.98" W
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Area Code(s)864
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4987-5129 SC-702, Ninety Six SC 29666, US
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