Project type: Flood and Erosion Control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Started: 1933
Completed: 1934
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Description
Numerous improvements were conducted along Cow Creek in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1933-4 with Civil Works Administration (CWA) funds and labor:
- Creek straightened for one mile near the Newlin farm
- Creek cleaned, Adams to 5th st.
- Creek covered at city tool yard
- Rock walls built along creek, from Maple to First st.
Source notes
"City Profits Greatly from CWA Program," The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas, March 28, 1934 (pg. 1): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/17007319/
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 24, 2022.
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