Description
Multiple New Deal agencies are cited as having contributed to the development of Akron Falls Park, including the C.W.A. and the W.P.A. “The Civil Works Administration … initiated the development of Akron Falls. They hired 90 men to develop the park and each received a minimum of $15.00 per week.”
Source notes
https://www2.erie.gov/parks/index.php?q=akron-falls https://books.google.com/books?id=bLs1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT34
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 17, 2014.
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