- City:
- Albany, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Loudonville Reservoir’s Basin C was constructed by the federal Work Projects Administration. The agency described its accomplishments in a 1940 report:
“Basin C, Loudonville Reservoir, huge concrete retainer, holds 93,000,000 gallons, a guarantee of ten days supply for Albany against any stoppage. Worked with double shifts excavation exceeded rate set on Basins A and B, build under private contract. Concrete was laid in 98 days. … The City of Albany several years ago expended more than $6,000,000 to develop a mountain water supply eliminating the old supply which was derived from the Hudson River. The new WPA built Basin was the last link in the new supply.”
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Entry 755: "Best Project" Reports, 1940; Box 2; New York State. National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1562Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 10, 2014.
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