Edgemere Road – Boston MA

City:
Boston, MA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers constructed Edgemere Road in West Roxbury, Boston, Mass. WPA Bulletin:

One of the most difficult tasks en- countered by WPA in the construction of many miles of Boston streets was the building of Edgemore [sic] road, West Roxbury, through a long stretch of solid rock. Dynamite, rock drills and much man power was used in this work.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Aug. 21, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2017.

Location Info


Edgemere Rd.
Boston, MA

Coordinates: 42.259560, -71.152306

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