John F. Kennedy Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary Improvements – Massapequa NY

City:
Massapequa, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

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

Description

The federal Work Projects Administration conducted some fire prevention work at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary (then a bird sanctuary) and neighboring Tobey Beach in southern Nassau County during the 1930s.

WPA Official Project No. 665-21-2-440.

Source notes

National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.

Location Info

Massapequa, NY Nassau County

Coordinates: 40.610215, -73.452910

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