- City:
- Winter Harbor, ME
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
CWA, ERA, WPA, and PWA during the entire period of the New Deal were involved in some economic activity, not counting the CCC work on the park and Navy Base in this small coastal community.
1934
Under ROADS AND BRIDGES, the the C.W.A. is listed as hiring 15 people for a road project.
1935
Under CONTINGENT ACCOUNT an E.R.A. project and a W.P.A. project are mentioned without any details about the nature of the project.
1936
An unspecified W.P.A. road project employed 14 men.
THIRD CLASS ROADS (Used with PWA Project) 16 men employed and $647.64 contributed by the town.
1937
An unspecified W.P.A. project 14 employed $832.29 contributed by the town.
1938
Under GENERAL GOVERNMENT Contingent a W.P.A. project employing 13 people is listed and $682.94 put forth by the town.
1939
Under THIRD CLASS ROAD CONSTRUCTION, the W.P.A. employed 17 men
The W.P.A. contributed 10 men toward a Maine State Aid Road project.
A sewer project was undertaken by the W.P.A. with 29 men employed.
1940
The W.P.A. sewer project from 1939 continued into 1940 with $2,270.29 appropriated from the town.
Source notes
ANNUAL REPORT of the Municipal Officers of Winter Harbor MaineSite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 18, 2014.
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