CCC Forestation Project at Calabash Boom – St. John VI
Date added: May 15, 2017; Modified: May 31, 2017
The CCC carried out a forestation project that involved planting hardwood trees at Clabash Boom, at Johnson Bay on St. John.
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The CCC carried out a forestation project that involved planting hardwood trees at Clabash Boom, at Johnson Bay on St. John.
Date added: May 22, 2017; Modified: May 31, 2017
“$50,000 water supply project at Charlotte Amalie… for utilization of salt water… for sanitation and for fire-protection purposes… Water is pumped from the sea into a new concrete tank 250 feet above the town… two new power pumps with a… read more
Date added: May 23, 2017; Modified: May 31, 2017
The CWA began building the Grove Place Clinic on St. Croix. By 1934, the following construction phases had been completed: “Wall foundation complete, floor fillings 2/3 complete and 60 blocks complete”
Date added: May 23, 2017
In 1934, the CWA performed repairs and improvements to the Frederiksted Public Grammar School.
Date added: May 23, 2017
The CWA completed land improvements at Anna’s Hope, including the improvement of roads, grounds, installing drainage, and terracing the grounds.
Date added: May 23, 2017; Modified: May 23, 2017
FERA carried out street repairs on Gamble Gade in Charlotte Amalie. The work included the “Erection of street curb forms and concreting same…144 tons of dirt removed…”
Date added: May 18, 2017; Modified: May 19, 2017
FERA carried out improvement work on Prindsesse Gade (Street) in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The work included “grading, rolling, spreading crushed stone and asphalting.”
Date added: May 18, 2017; Modified: May 19, 2017
FERA carried out improvement work on Regjerings Gade (Street) in Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas. The work included “grading, rolling, spreading crushed stone and asphalting.”
Date added: May 19, 2017; Modified: May 19, 2017
The PWA and the Army Corps of Engineers made improvements to areas around St. Thomas Harbor and Lindbergh Bay. The work included filling swamp areas to reduce the incidence of malaria, and dredging to deepen and widen the “Haul Over… read more
Date added: May 19, 2017
The CCC performed forestation work that included the “development of approximately 4,000 acres at the east end of St. Croix as a mahogany forest.”
Date added: May 5, 2017; Modified: May 18, 2017
The Agricultural Experiment Station was built with the help of PWA funds, near Dorothea. The total expenditure for the removal of the “agricultural station from Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas, to new site at Estate Dorothea, St Thomas, including the purchase… read more
Date added: May 15, 2017; Modified: May 18, 2017
“Extensive repairs were made to Creque Reservoir in St. Croix where silting and increasing seepage endangered the dam structure which impounds 9,000,000 gallons of potable water. The dam footings have been strengthened and the reservoir area cleaned and put in… read more
Date added: May 17, 2017; Modified: May 18, 2017
The PWA carried out construction work for Center-Line Road in St. Croix between 1933 and 1934.
Date added: May 16, 2017; Modified: May 17, 2017
The PWA carried out repairs and preservation work for the Steeple Building in 1933. Located on the Christiansted National Historic Site, the structure was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company to serve as a Lutheran Church… read more
Date added: May 17, 2017; Modified: May 17, 2017
The CWA paved Strand Street between 1933 and 1934. “First coat of asphalt poured in block Fisher and Queen Street, block Queen and Hill ready for first coat of asphalt, large stones ready for rolling block Hill and King.”