- City:
- Rockland, MA
- Site Type:
- Swimming Pools, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) developed a bathing pool at “Reed Park” in Rockland, Mass., in 1937. WPA Bulletin:
“Under construction is a wading pool with a sandy bottom. Shrubbery is being planted. The pond shore has been cleared and sanded, steps and platforms have been built and the adjacent land beautified.”
The exact location of this project is not presently known to Living New Deal.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: May 1, 1937 (pg. 3). https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unitSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 29, 2017.
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