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Mackinac Island Airport, 2007

Mackinac Island Airport, 2007

Photo: Charles Dawley Source © Creative Commons 2007

Mackinac Island Airport, 2007

Mackinac Island Airport, 2007

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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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/

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 12, 2017.

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Location Info

Airport
Mackinac Island, MI 49757

Coordinates: 45.864, -84.635

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