- City:
- Hingham, MA
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Military Bases
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal & Military Operations, Work Relief Programs, Navy and Coast Guard
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The W.P.A. conducted substantial development work at the former Naval Ammunition Depot in Hingham, Mass. Project details:
- “Improvements at Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐426
Total project cost: $176,352.00
Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department - “Improvements at Naval Ammunition Depot”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐61
Total project cost: $15,712.00
Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department - “Make general improvements to buildings, facilities, and grounds”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐14‐868
Total project cost: $214,954.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy - “Make general improvements to buildings, grounds, and facilities”
Official Project Number: 165‐3‐14‐148
Total project cost: $236,585.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy - “Improve ammunition depot”
Official Project Number: 165‐3‐14‐504
Total project cost: $376,234.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy - “Clear and prepare site for additions to ammunition depot”
Official Project Number: 265‐2‐14‐113
Total project cost: $1,000,490.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy - “Make general improvements to buildings, grounds, and facilities”
Official Project Number: 65‐2‐14‐264
Total project cost: $270,407.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy - “Make general improvements to buildings, grounds, utilities, systems and facilities”
Official Project Number: 765‐14‐2‐46
Total project cost: $315,413.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-75).
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/south/2013/08/21/bare-cove-park-hingham-modest-museum-bears-testimony-key-ammo-depot-during-wwii/MXfy1ABox8ED0nfBBYvecO/story.html
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 10, 2018.
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