- City:
- South Wales, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Emery Park in South Wales, New York was one of a number of parks in Erie County improved ca. 1936 by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). The old incinerators are among the historic stone structures that remain from the WPA improvement project (Erie County).
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 7758-D "List of Notable WPA Projects in the Buffalo Area, The Buffalo History Museum" (page 2), last accessed November 2015 "A Master Plan for the Erie County Park System", last accessed November 2015Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 29, 2014.
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