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Hide Search OptionsDate 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
Date added: December 16, 2014; Modified: July 17, 2023
A flood in 1927 brought about plans to construct four flood control projects, made possible by the New Deal and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Wrightsville Dam is one of those. Construction began in August 1933 and was completed in… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018; Modified: July 17, 2023
The Winooski River Local Protection Project in Vermont, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) undertaking, entailed “replacing an old timber dam at Montpelier by a small concrete dam (now called Bailey Dam) with tainter gates.” The project is located on the… read more
Date added: December 16, 2014; Modified: July 17, 2023
The Winooski River Local Protection Project is located along a 6.5-mile stretch of the Winooski River which flows through Montpelier, Berlin, Moretown, and Middlesex. The Winooski River Local Protection Project protects several thousand acres of farmland and reduces flood damage… read more
Date added: December 13, 2014; Modified: July 17, 2023
“The East Barre Dam was one of four flood damage reduction projects constructed in Vermont by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Construction was overseen by the Corps’ North Atlantic Division. The construction costs of East Barre Dam were… read more
Date added: December 15, 2014; Modified: July 17, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) combined efforts to construct the Waterbury Dam in Waterbury, Vermont during the Great Depression. On November 3 and 4, 1927, torrential rains created a disastrous flood that paralyzed… read more
Date added: October 31, 2014; Modified: July 14, 2023
Norwich, Vermont’s Tracy Memorial Hall (town hall) was constructed between 1938 and 1939 as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project. The building is still in use today. The PWA provided a $22,090 grant toward the $49,215 total cost of… read more
Date added: July 14, 2023
The small town (1,400 population, per 1930 census) of Lunenburg, Vermont received assistance from multiple New Deal relief agencies. 1933 “Several Federal Aid projects are at present under way in the district, including an Adult Education group, a Kinderarten group,… read more
Date added: September 28, 2022; Modified: September 28, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps carried out work at Mount Philo State Park near Charlotte VT. According to the Vermont State Park website, “In the early 1930s a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) unit was assigned to the mountain. This crew built the… read more
Date added: February 22, 2018; Modified: September 3, 2022
Montpelier’s Recreation Field was developed as a New Deal project in 1938-9. The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $45,000 grant for the project, whose total cost was listed as $100,052. PWA Docket No. Vt. 1088-F. The facility was described in… read more
Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022
The second of the (now) three bridges to be designated Ledyard Bridge spanning the Connecticut River between Norwich, Vermont and Hanover, New Hampshire was financed in part by the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) during the Great Depression. The PWA… read more
Date added: February 15, 2018; Modified: May 24, 2022
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a dam on the Missisquoi River in Richford VT. Docket No. 827-Vt. The PWA supplied a $59,000 loan and $22,823 grant for the project, whose total cost was $87,177. Construction occurred… read more
Date added: July 24, 2013; Modified: May 16, 2022
Two murals, “Haying” and “Sugaring Off,” by Philip von Saltza were completed in 1939 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds. The post office moved to a new facility in early 2008. The murals remain in the old lobby.
Date added: May 12, 2022; Modified: May 12, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps built roads, hiking and ski trails, and recreation facilities on Burke Mountain VT.