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    Crystal Lake State Park – Barton VT

    Date added: August 13, 2014; Modified: August 10, 2016

    “Crystal Lake State Park consists of the park’s recreational area, the bathhouse, and the thin strip of beachfront land along the northern border of Crystal Lake in Barton, Vermont. Crystal Lake is a glacial lake nestled between the mountains and… read more

    Ward Street Construction – Burlington VT

    Date added: July 29, 2016

    Photo description: “August 15, 1939. PWA Project No. Vt. 1097-F This view shows the completed pavement at the intersection of North Bend Street and Ward Street. The old road bed was scarified, reshaped and treated with stabilizing emulsion late in… read more

    North Street Construction – Burlington VT

    Date added: July 29, 2016

    Photo caption, August 15, 1939: “PWA Project Vt. 1097-F, Intersection of Intervale Avenue, Elmwood Avenue and North Street. This view shows the broad intersection of the three above streets after the completion of the Plant-Mix asphalt pavement consisting of a… read more

    Manhattan Drive Construction – Burlington VT

    Date added: July 29, 2016; Modified: July 29, 2016

    “Road construction crew repaves a city street as part of the P. W. A. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works street improvements. Project No. VT 1097-F.” One source suggests that some of this work occurred at Lafountain St. and Manhattan… read more

    Road Construction (C.W.A.) – Burlington VT

    Date added: July 29, 2016

    The federal Civil Works Administration conducted road construction work in Burlington, Vermont. “March 6, 1934. City Burlington Vermont. CWA (Civil Works Administration) Project #402-J. Telford stone base construction. Note winter conditions.”

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    Post Office (former) Mural – White River Junction VT

    Date added: September 28, 2014; Modified: January 20, 2015

    The historic post office building in downtown White River Junction, Vermont possesses a New Deal mural in its lobby: “Vermont Industries” painted by S. Douglass Crockwell. The building is now privately owned. According to one visitor: “You can view the mural either… read more

    Parish Hill Road Bridge – Newfane VT

    Date added: December 13, 2014; Modified: December 16, 2014

    The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a truss bridge in Newfane, Vermont in 1940. The bridge was erected over the Rock River on Parish Hill Road for $7,285 and was rehabilitated in 1997.

    Bennington Local Protection Project – Bennington VT

    Date added: December 16, 2014; Modified: December 16, 2014

    The Bennington Local Protection Project was undertaken by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), in Bennington, Vermont during the Great Depression. Later reconstruction projects were handled by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. “The Bennington Local Protection Project is located… read more

    Stowe Mountain Resort – Stowe VT

    Date added: December 13, 2014; Modified: December 13, 2014

    “Among most impressive projects was the C.C.C.’s construction of the first ski trails on the mountain in Mt. Mansfield State Forest. Charles Lord, a civil engineer overseeing a twenty-five-man work crew from the Moscow camp, carved out several trails, among… read more

    Emma Willard Memorial – Middlebury VT

    Date added: July 27, 2012; Modified: September 19, 2014

    “The Emma Hart Willard Memorial, is a public artwork by designed by Pierre Zwick and Marion Guild and sculpted by T.A. Campbell who worked for the Houlihan Shop in Rutland, Vermont. Erected in 1941, the memorial is located in a… read more

    Municipal Road and Bridge Work – Rutland VT

    Date added: July 15, 2014

    The town’s municipal report for 1935 described extensive New Deal relief from the PWA and the WPA, as well as from VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Agency). The mayor said in the report that: “These large amounts received during these past… read more

    Cycle of Development of Woodstock

    Post Office Mural – Woodstock VT

    Date added: August 23, 2012; Modified: August 23, 2012

    New Deal mural entitled “Cycle of Development of Woodstock” painted by Bernadine Custer in 1940.