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Battery Landing Platform – New York NY

Battery Landing Platform Construction

WPA Photo

Battery Landing Platform Construction

Photo: WPA Photo Source Public Domain 1937

Battery Landing Platform Construction

Battery Landing Platform Construction

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

In the 1937 the Works Progress Administration undertook construction on the Battery Landing Platform which was used as a landing pier for excursion boats (WPA).

Source notes

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "North (Hudson) River - Pier - Manhattan - Battery landing platform - [Battery Park.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections, last accessed February 2016

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Location Info

Hudson River Pier
New York, NY 10004

Location notes: Approximate location

Coordinates: 40.7019, -74.0095

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