Chemung River Dikes – Big Flats NY

City:
Big Flats, NY

Site Type:
Flood and Erosion Control, Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Works Progress Administration photo above shows the dikes constructed along Chemung River in Big Flats, New York to mitigate the flood hazard that the river posed to the town.

Living New Deal does not know the present status and exact location of this project.

Source notes

National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 7757-D

Location Info


Chemung River
Big Flats, NY 14814

Location notes: Approximate location

Coordinates: 42.12366, -76.93590

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