- City:
- Ithaca, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed retaining walls along Cascadilla Creek in Ithaca, New York during the 1930s.
The channelized creek lies between North and South Cascadilla Avenue, and the historic photograph shown here was likely taken somewhere between Cayuga and Tioga Streets.
The walls are still in good shape, working to control flooding along the creek.
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 19479-C
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