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Date added: October 31, 2021; Modified: May 16, 2022
Doyle Field is a football & softball field next to a PWA built auditorium. An article in the Bangor Daily News November 14, 1933 has an article about City Manager F. D. Farnsworth submitting a request for Federal assistance to… read more
Date added: August 2, 2021; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Morse Bridge is a 285-foot steel through arch bridge over the Androscoggin River on ME 108 Bridge Street in Rumford. Although constructed by the city and state in 1935, a year later in March 1936, was moved off its… read more
Date added: May 17, 2014; Modified: May 16, 2022
“According to the Annual Town Reports of 1934-35 and 1936-37, the CWA, FERA and WPA were involved in numerous projects throughout the city. The dollar amounts are the share of the project that the city contributed and don’t list the… read more
Date added: April 16, 2019; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Portland Department of Public Works rebuilt the sewer on Leland Street in Portland as part of a C.W.A Project No. 10-GG.
Date added: July 11, 2014; Modified: May 14, 2022
The school superintendant said that in 1939: “During the past year a considerable amount of repair work has been done. In addition to the work done at Town expense, the N. Y A. has done painting and varnishing at the… read more
Date added: August 14, 2021; Modified: May 14, 2022
Bradbury Mountain State Park is a public recreation area in the town of Pownal, Cumberland County, Maine, managed by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The state park covers 730 acres. The park was created in the 1940s as… read more
Date added: June 23, 2016; Modified: May 14, 2022
Portland’s “Evergreen Cemetery” was improved by the WPA: “In 1936, the Public Works and Park Departments received $86,875 in WPA funds for engineering, supervision, a portion of the wages of skilled labor, equipment hire, and some materials. The Park Department… read more
Date added: December 28, 2014; Modified: May 10, 2022
The 1933 – 1934 town report mentions an Emergency C.W.A. project costing the town $173.22 as their share and 4 men employed which was probably a road project. The school superintendent reported that “Several of the unweight [sic] children are… read more
Date added: January 4, 2021; Modified: May 10, 2022
Construction on Woods Pond Beach was performed by CCC Co. 1124, located in Bridgton. According to the 1937 1st District CCC yearbook, “The camp has been very fortunate in having a number of ideal lunch ground sites located within easy… read more
Date added: June 5, 2021; Modified: May 10, 2022
The Sebasticook Bridge is a 194 foot Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals over the Sebasticook River on Pleasant Street in Clinton Maine. It was one of 26 bridges in March 1936 severely damaged or destroyed by a 500… read more
Date added: May 9, 2022
The historic Norway, Maine post office houses a New Deal wooden relief: “Jacob Howe, First Post Rider,” completed in 1942 by Margaret Vincent. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
Date added: May 11, 2014; Modified: April 3, 2022
An article by Gerald Reed in the Lewiston Evening Journal Jan. 3rd, 1935 reported that the CWA helped with the funding of the construction of a sub fire station in East Auburn and the renovation of another sub fire station… read more
Date added: January 13, 2022; Modified: January 13, 2022
Federal Emergency Relief Administration crews built parking for Summit Park in Bangor ME. Excerpt from Bangor Daily News: “ERA Workers Building Parking Space Near Old Water Standpipe” “One of the new ERA projects now under way in Bangor is a large… read more
Date added: December 14, 2021; Modified: December 14, 2021
As part of the initial Civil Works Administration (CWA) jobs effort in Dover Foxcroft was the construction of 4 sewer lines on Fairview, Morton, Harrison Avenues and Pearl St. $12,618 was spent by the CWA and 90 men were put… read more
Date added: December 13, 2021; Modified: December 13, 2021
The initial Civil Works Administration (CWA) work in Lubec involved street construction. Excerpt from Bangor Daily News: “CWA Work Progressing (From Our Regular Correspondent) LUBEC — Work on the C.W.A. project, the extension of the Can Plant road to join… read more