Farm-to-Market Road Improvements – Pierce County WA

City:
Tanwax, WA

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

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

Started:
1937

Description

“Work is expected to start November 11 [1937] to provide proper drainage for Tanwax and Kroger farm-to-market roads in Pierce County at an expenditure of $6,000 of which the WA supplies all but $40. The work consists of removing slides, surfacing, grading and repairing.”

Source notes

WPA Press Release [#306], Oct. 28, 1937, [page 7]: https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 25, 2014.

Location Info


Tanwax, WA Pierce County

Location notes: General marker for Tanwax, Pierce County

Coordinates: 46.878710, -122.343074

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