- City:
- Gibbstown, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) graveled Harmony Rd. in Greenwich Township (primarily in Gibbstown) “six inches deep to a 20-foot width from East Greenwich Township to the Paulsboro-Gibbstown Rd. [Route 44].” 20 WPA workers were assigned to the project.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; October 1936 issue, page 28. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. "WPA Plans Work on Rural Roads"; News-Herald, Paulsboro, NJ, Sept. 24, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2015.
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