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Key West Aquarium – Key West FL

Key West Aquarium

Key West Aquarium

Photo: Marc Averette Source Creative Commons

Key West Aquarium

Key West Aquarium

Project type: Civic Facilities, Marinas and Aquatic Parks, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

The CWA built the famous Key West Aquarium in 1934, amid a flurry of relief work by the FERA and the WPA on the island.

Source notes

Durward Long, "Workers on Relief, 1934-1938, in Key West," Tequesta, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1968), pp. 53-61, accessed March 2015

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Location Info

1 Whitehead St
Key West, FL 33040

Coordinates: 24.559069, -81.807331

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