- City:
- Absecon, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed the Atlantic City Reservoir in Absecon, New Jersey. At one point 1,200 WPA employees were working on the project.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; July 1936 issue, page 22. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 8, 2015.
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