Infrastructure Development – Winthrop MA

City:
Winthrop, MA

Site Type:
Water Supply, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal

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

Description

W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: “These are only a few of the many WPA projects in Winthrop which have given material benefits to the town in addition to providing unemployed men and women with work. Winthrop also has had its share of street, sewer and water main projects. Space does not permit mention of the many projects which have been completed and are in progress at Fort Banks.”

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 15, 1937 (pg. 2-3) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2017.

Location Info


Winthrop, MA

Location notes: General location marker for Winthrop

Coordinates: 42.378, -70.981

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