Laurel Run Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

City:
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control

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

Description

“A chiseled stone plaque marks the WPA-built wall along the Laurel Run Creek in Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre. … This WPA-built retaining wall helps keep Laurel Run Creek in Wilkes-Barre within its banks.”

Source notes

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: "Area still benefits from jobs program created during Depression," 2011. https://archive.timesleader.com/2011_7/2011_09_04_Area_still_benefits_from_jobs_program_created_during_Depression_-news.html

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 16, 2015.

Location Info

Laurel Run Creek
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Coordinates: 41.257260, -75.845607

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