- Brook Clearing - Hackettstown NJ"Hackettstown is receiving full value of Federal work relief money and is accomplishing a much needed improvement. The clearing and widening of the brook that flows back of Park Avenue, then through the dump meadows on Franklin Street before it empties into the Musconetcong, is a worthwhile project from a sanitary point."
- Franklin Street Storm Sewer - Hackettstown NJ"Hackettstown is receiving full value of Federal work relief money and is accomplishing a much needed improvement. ... WPA workers... are busy digging the ditches for the storm sewer down Franklin Street which will carry flood waters off High, Sharp, Cook, and Franklin Streets."
- Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery - Hackettstown NJ"THE HATCHERY GETS A “NEW DEAL” Oddly, the Great Depression brought a new wave of improvements at Hackettstown. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal created the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC), a public work-relief program related to the conservation and development of natural resources on lands owned by federal, state and local governments. In October of 1933, CCC Camp #62 was established in Hackettstown. The camps were comprised of young men between the ages of 18 and 25 who enrolled for six-month time segments for a maximum of two years. The men were paid $30 a month and provided room, board and...
- Post Office - Hackettstown NJThe historic post office building in Hackettstown, New Jersey was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. Construction was completed in 1935. The building is still in use today.