Missisquoi River Dam – Richford VT

City:
Richford, VT

Site Type:
Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1933

Completed:
1935

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of a dam on the Missisquoi River in Richford VT. Docket No. 827-Vt. The PWA supplied a $59,000 loan and $22,823 grant for the project, whose total cost was $87,177. Construction occurred between Oct. 1933 and Oct. 1935.

The exact location and the status of this dam are unknown to the Living New Deal.

Source notes

Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 157.

National Archives Record Group 135-SAR

 

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on February 15, 2018.
Additional contributions by Evan Kalish.

Location Info


Missisquoi River
RichfordVT

Location notes: General location marker for river in Richford

Coordinates: 44.997996, -72.678039

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