- City:
- Boston, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2017.
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