- City:
- Houlton, ME
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The W.P.A. developed what is now known as Houlton International Airport, in Houlton, Maine.
W.P.A. project info:
- “Construct municipal airport”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐11‐102
Total project cost: $669,295.00
Sponsor: Town of Houlton - “Improvements to municipal airport”
Official Project Number: 65‐1‐11‐2213
Total project cost: $45,805.00
Sponsor: War Department - “Construct municipal airport”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐11‐44
Total project cost: $424,820.00
Sponsor: War 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-85).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 7, 2018.
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