- City:
- Fitchburg, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Military and Public Safety, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), in conjunction with the War Department, developed Fitchburg Airport in Massachusetts.
WPA project details (referred to as ‘Leominster’):
- “Improve municipal airport”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐260
Total project cost: $121,270.00
Sponsor: War Department - “Make improvements to airport”
Total project cost: $149,270.00
Sponsor: Mayor and Public Works Department - “Improve airport”
Official Project Number: 265‐1‐14‐59
Total project cost: $509,980.00
Sponsor: Public Works Department
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-74).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 13, 2018.
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