- 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.
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