- City:
- Mackinac Island, MI
- Site Type:
- Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) developed Mackinac Island’s airport, originally a “simple grass runway.”
Source notes
"Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History," by Russsell M. Magnaghi (pg. 166)
https://books.google.com/books?id=YTIoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA166
https://www.mackinacparks.com/wpa-and-mackinac/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 12, 2017.
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