- City:
- Chicopee, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Ludlow Road was extended by the W.P.A. Project information:
“Ludlow Rd. to Slobbery Pond Road”, also “Ludlow Rd. to Pleasant St.”
Official Project Number: 65‐1‐14‐3047
Total project cost: $48,437.00
Sponsor: War Department
The road was built in conjunction with the development of the Westover military reservation. “Slobbery Pond” was the name of a pond south of Slipe Pond, which was located northwest of Westover.
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-76).
https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/download/An_Historical_Address_Delivered_Before_the_Citizens_of_Springfield_in_1000809583.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 9, 2018.
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