- City:
- Rochester, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration worked during the late 1930s to double the size and runway length of what was then known as Rochester Municipal Airport.
Source notes
"Rochester and Monroe County" by Federal Writers' Project (page 24). National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1587 National Archives and Records, Negative 1588Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 2, 2015.
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