Forest Park Fish Hatchery – St. Louis MO

City:
St. Louis, MO

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Hatcheries

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

Started:
1938

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This WPA project included the headquarters building and multiple hatchery ponds. The hatchery became one of the largest producers of fish for the state’s waterways.

Source notes

St. Louis Star and Times (St. Louis, Missouri), Mon. July 11, 1938. Main edition, page 24.

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on January 25, 2017.

Location Info

Grand Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63112
St. Louis County

Coordinates: 38.642867, -90.270951

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