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Strong Winds Damage Historic Roofs At Death Valley National Park

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By NPT Staff - April 28th, 2016

High winds blew the roof off this 1930-era adobe-wall building in the Cow Creek Historic District at Death Valley National Park/NPS

Weather has been cruel to Death Valley National Park in recent months. First torrential rains back in October did extensive damage in the park, and now winds gusting above 40mph have damaged roofs on three historic structures.

Park staff say winds up to 42 mph ripped through the park Wednesday afternoon, and ripped the entire roof off an adobe-wall building in the Cow Creek maintenance yard. Also in Cow Creek Historic District, wind damaged the roof of the original superintendent’s garage. Emigrant Ranger Station, located 8 miles west of Stovepipe Wells on CA-190, also had significant roof damage.

All three structures were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Great Depression-era work program.

 

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