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Shady Lake Dam

Mena, Polk County

Photograph of Shady Lake Dam
Photo: Jerry Turner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

A water or utility project in Mena, Polk County, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

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Kind of place
Water, dams and utilities
Built by
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Where
Mena, Polk County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.