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Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport – Chattanooga TN

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport was developed in part by the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program. Tennessee Encyclopedia: “Some of Tennessee’s largest WPA projects reflected the arrival of the age of flight. WPA workers … built major airports in Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and at the Tri-Cities.”

Source notes

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1534

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 24, 2017.

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Location Info

1001 Airport Rd.
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Coordinates: 35.036, -85.202

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