Hosmer St. Development – Acton MA

City:
Acton, MA

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1934

Description

Town annual report:

The following work has been done under [Federal Emergency Relief Administration, (F.E.R.A.)] projects, since April, 1934:
Hosmer St., from Mass. Ave., to School St., widening, straightening and grading 3,168 feet, using sixteen men, 1 foreman, four trucks, from April 5 to October 25.

Fire protection water holes along the street were also constructed with F.E.R.A. labor.

Source notes

Annual Report of the Several Official Boards of the Town of Acton, Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1934. https://archive.org/details/annualreportstow19311935acto

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 11, 2016.

Location Info


Hosmer St.
Acton, MA 01720

Coordinates: 42.467527, -71.425951

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