- City:
- Trenton, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration filled in the old Delaware & Raritan Canal, which ran through downtown Trenton, New Jersey, beginning August 8, 1936. The unused canal had proved to be a barrier to the city’s development. The land was then redeveloped into State Route 129.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; September 1936 issue, page 15. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 11, 2015.
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