Alley Improvement – Parkersburg WV

City:
Parkersburg, WV

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sidewalks and Stairs

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) paved approximately six miles of alleys throughout Parkersburg, Wood County.

Source notes

The Parkersburg News, Feb. 2, 1937.

The Parkersburg News And Sentinel, WPA tackles Parkersburg projects, May 7, 2016: (https://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2016/05/wpa-tackles-parkersburg-projects/), accessed April 1, 2018.

 

Location Info


Parkersburg, WV

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 39.2654, -81.5481

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