- City:
- Winchester, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Paths and Trails, Park Roads and Bridges, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Winchester.us: “Ginn Field was laid out as a playground and three tennis courts were built. The other main project at that time was grading the field, accomplished by the WPA in 1938-40. The work of improving the field also included continuing the road from Manchester Field, building a road leading out to Bacon Street and creating a walk leading from tennis court to train station at Wedgemere, building an 800-foot-long stone retaining wall, and installing 360 feet of drain pipe at the field and more drains in 1942 to carry off water which made roadway impassable in rainy weather.”
Source notes
https://www.winchester.us/DocumentCenter/View/1745
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 12, 2018.
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