- City:
- West Hartford, CT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1933
Description
In 1933/4 the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) furnished the labor toward the development of Beachland Park in West Hartford—specifically the planting of trees and shrubs on the grounds.
Work was continued by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.), which took to grading tennis courts on site; improving the baseball field and covering a brook; and remodeling an old creamery on the grounds.
Source notes
Report of Town Officials, Town of West Hartford. Fiscal Period March 1, 1933 to February 28, 1934. Report of Town Officials, Town of West Hartford. Fiscal Period March 1, 1934 to February 28, 1935.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 21, 2016.
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