- City:
- Cuttyhunk, MA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
WPA project description: “Badly handicapped by the ravages of last September’s hurricane and gigantic tide,” fishing, “Cuttyhunk’s only industry, is being aided by WPA which is repairing the Fish Wharf and fish houses.
Without houses to receive the day’s catch and with the Fish Wharf so badly damaged it could not be used, Cuttyhunk fisherman had a hard winter. During winter months the 120 natives of the island support themselves by fishing. The sea-girt community is supported in summer by vacationists.”
The location and status of these facilities is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: May 11, 1939 (pg. 3).
https://archive.org/stream/worksprogressbul3840unit
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 2, 2018.
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