Frenchman’s Hill Sewer Line – Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI

City:
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VIRGIN-ISLANDS

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

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

Started:
1940

Completed:
1939

Description

The WPA built a sewer line from the gravity tank on Frenchman’s Hill to Charlotte Amalie. It also built a new pumping station with two diesel engines for pumping.

Source notes

National Archives, RG 55, Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Correspondence and related records, WPA Programs in the V.I., 1938-44, Box 2.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 30, 2017.

Location Info


Frenchman's Hill
St. Thomas, VI

Coordinates: 18.3164016, -64.91013459999999

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