Hoosic River Retaining Wall – North Adams MA

City:
North Adams, MA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted the following work in North Adams, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin:

On Sperry Avenue between Elm and Lincoln Streets, North Adams, WPA has strengthened the bank of the Hoosac [sic] River with an 80-foot long and 11-foot deep retaining stone wall. Public and private property will be benefited by this reconstruction.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Oct. 5, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 16, 2017.

Location Info


Hoosic River
North Adams, MA

Location notes: Approx. location

Coordinates: 42.702074, -73.108950

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