Why Does the US Army Corps of Engineers Manage Cultural Resources?
Cultural resources which may be encountered as we fulfill our mission could include prehistoric cultural resources such as the remains of Native American villages, campsites, rockshelters, or petroglyphs. We might find historic resources such as farmsteads, mills, covered bridges, and foundation ruins of early historic structures. Industrial cultural resources from Americas industrial era include railroad bridges and tunnels, iron furnaces, brick kilns, and even some of the early river locks and dams themselves. Each cultural resource must be examined and decisions made on methods of treatment in compliance with Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Why do we have so many cultural resources to preserve and protect? The river systems that form the basis of the series of flood control reservoirs and navigational systems built by the Pittsburgh District are also the reason why pre-historic and historic peoples settled there. Closeness to a good source of water fo
