- City:
- Madison, CT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
“The shoreline parks: Hammonassett Beach, Sherwood Island and Rocky Neck were all completed during this time period as WPA projects.” (waymarking.com)
“Though the park was heavily damaged by the hurricane on September 21, 1938, the park reopened the following summer after extensive restoration by the federal government’s Works Progress Administration (WPA).” (https://connecticutexplored.org)
Additionally, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Chapman undertook “construction of a new entrance road for Hammonasset Beach State Park.”
Source notes
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBZ8X_Shelter_and_Terrace_at_Rocky_Neck_State_Park_East_Lyme_CT
https://connecticutexplored.org/issues/v04n03/hammonasset.htm
Historical Museum of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Shenipsit State Forest: exhibit information
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 2, 2018.
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