Elm St. Widening – Auburn MA

City:
Auburn, MA

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

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Description

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) widened Elm St. in Auburn, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin, 1937: “Scars of last year’s flood will be removed from several streets, and narrow Elm Street will be widened, by WPA project which employs 40 men and is expected to last about three months.”

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: May 1, 1937 (pg. 4). https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 29, 2017.

Location Info


Elm St.
Auburn, MA

Coordinates: 42.187844, -71.825735

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