- City:
- San Juan, PUERTO-RICO
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
What was then the San Juan Naval Air Station, now Isla Grande Airport in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, was developed in substantial part with Work Projects Administration (WPA) labor. Nearly $2,000,000 were expended on such infrastructure development projects at the behest of the U.S. Navy and War Departments.
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-169).
https://ww2db.com/facility/Isla_Grande_Naval_Air_Station/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 17, 2019.
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