- City:
- Bridgewater, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Tennis Courts, Swimming Pools, Athletic Courts and Fields, Bathhouses, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor constructed numerous facilities at Bridgewater’s Legions Field. The facility was located at WPA Bulletin:
WPA is completing construction of a Playground and Athletic Field, Bed- ford Street, Bridgewater. Work includes the building of a football field, a baseball diamond, two clay tennis courts, a wading pool and a locker building with showers and a road bordering one end of the property.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 14, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unitSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2017.
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