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    Solomon Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015; Modified: September 16, 2015

    “WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were … walls along Laurel Run, Mill and Solomon creeks.”

    Street Paving – Wilkes-Barre PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015

    “Thanks to WPA labor, many [Wilkes-Barre] city streets were repaved after the iron streetcar tracks were torn up.”

    Mill Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015

    “WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were … walls along Laurel Run, Mill and Solomon creeks.”

    Hazle Street Retaining Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015

    “WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were the retaining walls along North Main Street and Hazle Avenue …” The exact location of the along Hazle Street of the wall is unknown… read more

    North Main Street Retaining Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015

    “WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were the retaining walls along North Main Street and Hazle Avenue …” The exact location of the along North Main Street of the wall is… read more

    Toby Creek Improvements – Luzerne PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015; Modified: September 16, 2015

    “Thomas Domboski stands near the Toby Creek ponding area just off Union Street in Luzerne, a WPA project from the 1930s that his brothers worked on.”

    Laurel Run Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015; Modified: September 16, 2015

    “A chiseled stone plaque marks the WPA-built wall along the Laurel Run Creek in Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre. … This WPA-built retaining wall helps keep Laurel Run Creek in Wilkes-Barre within its banks.”

    Street Paving – Luzerne PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015; Modified: September 16, 2015

    “Mose’s injuries … made most physical work impossible. But WPA found a position for him, carrying water to the WPA crews paving the dirt streets of Luzerne.”

    North Bromley Avenue Paving – Scranton PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015

    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funding toward the paving of previously unpaved roads in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “The second-costliest job was North Bromley Avenue from Lafayette Street to Oram Street, at an estimated $51,196.”

    Birch Street Paving – Scranton PA

    Date added: September 16, 2015

    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided funding toward the paving of previously unpaved roads in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “The costliest job … was the paving of Birch Street from Pittston Avenue to Crown Avenue, at an estimated cost of $63,469.”

    Municipal Water Improvements – Shoemakersville PA

    Date added: June 5, 2014; Modified: September 16, 2015

    According to a local newspaper article, “water and sanitary sewer lines were installed … for the first time” in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, courtesy the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).