Edgemere Road under construction
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) http://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2017.
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