WPA Delaware Ave road work eliminating curves
"WPA workers are constructing new stretch of road. Eliminating curves. Delaware Ave." -- WPA
Description
The major thoroughfare of Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York was improved substantially ca. 1936 by federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. More than 400 men were put to work as part of this effort.
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Delaware Avenue Widening Project
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Eliminating narrow streets and dangerous curves, WPA construction of stretch of Delaware Avenue
WPA workers constructing a new stretch of Delaware Avenue
Eliminating narrow streets and dangerous curves, WPA construction of stretch of Delaware Avenue
Source notes
List of Notable WPA Projects in the Buffalo Area, The Buffalo History Museum. https://www.buffalohistory.org/docs/79de55bd-e793-424d-91e3-5ece56e8aad2.pdf (page 2) National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1485 National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1486
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 29, 2014.
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