Meter Shop – Portland ME

City:
Portland, ME

Site Type:
Water Supply, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1933

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

In 1933, the Portland Water District moved its meter shop from its Casco Street office in Portland office to its main facility on Douglass Street.

The Portland Water District was able to complete the new meter shop with C. W. A. (Civil Works Administration) funds made available by the Federal Government under its plan to relieve the unemployment situation by granting funds to public agencies so that they could complete projects approved by the Federal Relief Authorities.

Source notes

Maine Memory Network

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on August 30, 2017.

Location Info


225 Douglass St.
Portland, ME 04102
Cumberland County

Coordinates: 43.662321, -70.285848

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