Marcourt Drive Improvements – Chappaqua NY

City:
Chappaqua, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Marcourt Drive in Chappaqua [New Castle], New York during the 1930s.

One project, which cost about $7,300 (of which the WPA contributed about $4,500) was described by the WPA in its project rolls: “excavating, draining, and surfacing; constructing base and headwalls; and performing appurtenant and incidental work including installing water mains, hydrants, and valves.”

Source notes

National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.

Location Info


Marcourt Dr
Chappaqua, NY Westchester County

Coordinates: 41.1717442, -73.780976

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