Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor worked to develop Lawrence Municipal Airport in North Andover, Mass., in conjunction with the City of Lawrence and the War Department.
W.P.A. project details:
- “Andover: Improve municipal airport”
Official Project Number: 65‐1‐14‐374
Total project cost: $43,610.00
Sponsor: War Department - “Lawrence: Extend, widen, and improve runways at airport”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐299
Total project cost: $278,438.00
Sponsor: Mayor, City of Lawrence
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 21, 1936 (pg. 1)
https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unithttps://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/node/491
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-74).
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2017.
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