- City:
- Millbury, MA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1933
Description
Improvements were made to the Central Cemetery in Millbury, Massachusetts with Federal Emergency Relief Act funds in 1933. 282 Millbury locals were given employment in 1933 as a result of the federal E.R.A.
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed a bridge at the cemetery in 1937.
Source notes
Annual Reports of the Town Officers of the Town of Millbury For the Year Ending December 31st, 1933; Report of Selectmen; page 7. Annual Reports of the Town Officers of the Town of Millbury For the Year Ending December 31st, 1937; Report of Selectmen; page 6.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 11, 2014.
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