- City:
- Hyannis, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Military and Public Safety, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1940
Description
“In 1940, leading up to World War II, the federal WPA program improved the airport for possible use by our armed forces.”
WPA project details:
- “Construct and extend runways”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐308
Total project cost: $563,018.00
Sponsor: Board of Selectmen - “Enlarge Hyannis Airport”
Official Project Number: 665‐14‐2‐1260
Total project cost: $17,047.00
Sponsor: War Department
Source notes
https://www.town.barnstable.ma.us/airport/aboutairport/history.asp
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-74).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 13, 2018.
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