- City:
- Brooklyn, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed sewers in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. A 1936 photo shows construction at Bushwick Ave. & Vanderveer St.
Source notes
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Public Works - [Brooklyn - W.P.A. [Works Progress Administration] sewer project.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections, last accessed February 2016Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 25, 2015.
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