Larch Street Grading – Woonsocket RI

City:
Woonsocket, RI

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

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

Started:
1935

Description

Woonsocket, RI: A Centennial History, states:

The Woonsocket Call of September 28, 1935, reported that “work was started on the first five WPA projects in Woonsocket, giving employment to 300 men.” Logee and Larch Streets and Rhodes Avenue were graded; Thomas Street was paved; and Cass Park athletic fields were completed.

Source notes

Woonsocket, RI: A Centennial History

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 25, 2016.

Location Info

Larch St.
Woonsocket, RI

Coordinates: 41.985911, -71.484948

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