Bear Swamp Road Improvements – Peru NY

City:
Peru, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved roads in Peru, New York in 1936, including “Bear Swamp road beginning at Turner Hill and running east to Valcour at station.”

Source notes

"Many Town Roads Being Approved;" Plattsburgh Daily Press, Aug. 29, 1936, page 3. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031094/1936-08-29/ed-1/seq-3/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 26, 2015.

Location Info


Bear Swamp Rd.
Peru, NY

Coordinates: 44.579913, -73.487728

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