- City:
- Bedford, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Military and Public Safety, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), in conjunction with the War Department, developed what is now known as Hanscom Air Force Base / Field in Massachusetts.
WPA project details:
“Improvements to municipal airport”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐490
Total project cost: $195,895.00
Sponsor: War Department
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-74).
https://www.hanscom.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/379480/a-brief-history-of-hanscom-air-force-base/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 13, 2018.
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