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Logan International Airport – Boston MA

WPA Airport construction

WPA Airport construction

Public domain 1936

WPA Airport construction

WPA Airport construction

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

Then known as East Boston Airport, what is now Logan International Airport was developed in part during the 1930s with federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) funds and labor.

W.P.A. project details:
“Improve airport”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐493
Total project cost: $240,544.00
Sponsor: Park Department, City of Boston

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Aug. 28, 1936 (pg. 4)

https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit


Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Oct. 19, 1936 (pg. 3)

https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit


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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Location Info

Logan International Airport
Boston, MA

Coordinates: 42.365, -71.009

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