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Date added: February 19, 2017; Modified: September 19, 2023
Town reports for Manchester, Vermont reveal that federal funds and labor went toward the development of a local airport in 1934. 25 men were put to work on the project. There is no longer an active airport in the community;… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: July 30, 2023
The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $214,363 grant for the construction of the original Missiquoi Bay Bridge connecting Alburgh and Swanton, Vermont. Approval for the project was given in January 1936. Construction began in June 1936 and was… read more
Date added: July 26, 2023; Modified: July 26, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a project in Rutland, Vermont, to remove and salvage streetcar rails from roads in the town and “pave disturbed areas.” Project cost: $8,402. WPA Project No. 265‐1‐12‐22
Date added: July 26, 2023; Modified: July 26, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop U.S. 4—improving, widening, and straightening the road—in Rutland County, in Mendon and “Sherburne” (Sherburne Pass, Killington), Vermont. WPA Project No. 165-1-12-76
Date added: July 26, 2023
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop and improve what was then the municipal airport in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The airport is no longer extant. WPA Project No. 165-1-12-32
Date added: February 18, 2017; Modified: July 26, 2023
Located between Montpelier and Barre, what is now Edward F. Knapp State Airport in the Town of Berlin, Vermont was developed as a New Deal project in conjunction with the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.). Wikipedia: “Originally called the Barre-Montpelier Airport,… read more
Date added: July 26, 2023
The historic Brattleboro Memorial Armory in Brattleboro, Vermont, also known as the Gibson-Aiken Center, was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). WPA Project No. 65‐12‐942
Date added: July 26, 2023
The former armory building in Bellows Falls, Vermont was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is now an apartment building. WPA Project No. 65‐12‐942
Date added: July 26, 2023; Modified: July 26, 2023
The former armory building in Northfield, Vermont was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The building is now owned and managed by Norwich University. WPA Project Nos. 65‐12-2, 65-12-259
Date added: July 26, 2023; Modified: July 26, 2023
The former armory building in Montpelier, Vermont was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The status and location of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal. WPA Project No. 65‐12‐940
Date added: July 26, 2023
The former 1904 armory building in Burlington, Vermont was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). WPA Project No. 65‐12‐935
Date added: July 26, 2023
The former 1916 armory building in St. Johnsbury, Vermont was improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). WPA Project No. 65‐12‐934
Date added: July 26, 2023; Modified: July 26, 2023
The former armory in Lyndonville, Vermont was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The status and location of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal. WPA Project No. 65‐12‐620
Date added: May 17, 2017; Modified: July 26, 2023
The W.P.A. worked extensively, for a period of several years, to develop what was then Burlington Airport. Major efforts included construction of the “diagonal” [NW/SE] runway and extension of the north-south runway. Description of a WPA project at the site:… read more
Date added: July 26, 2023
The former Fort Ethan Allen, which occupied land in the towns of Colchester and Essex, Vermont, was a military installation that operated between 1894 and 1944. The base, as well as associated encampments, underwent massive efforts by the Works Progress… read more