- City:
- Dover, NH
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
The municipal report for 1939 described WPA involvement in local road projects:
BRIDGES
“County Farm Bridge, replanked under W.P. A. project.”
COUNTY FARM ROAD CONSTRUCTION
“This project is of gravel surface with tar binder, from Sixth street to the County Farm entrance. From the County Farm entrance for a distance’ of 3,000 feet was surfaced with gravel by the Highway Department in 1938. The project is being completed as a W. P. A. project. Tar binder has been applied to this part, and the balance to Sixth street is in process of construction.”
Source notes
CITY OF DOVER ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures FOR THE MUNICIPAL YEAR 1939 & 1940Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on June 9, 2014.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation