Municipal Water Improvements – Shoemakersville PA

City:
Shoemakersville, PA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Disposal

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

Description

According to a local newspaper article, “water and sanitary sewer lines were installed … for the first time” in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, courtesy the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Source notes

"Legacy; Projects from program still in use"; Reading Eagle, Apr. 23, 2005 (page A2).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 5, 2014.

Location Info

Shoemakersville, PA Berks County

Location notes: General marker for Shoemakersville.

Coordinates: 40.501, -75.970

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