- City:
- Burlington, VT
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA)
Description
The Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) reconstructed and widened Burlington’s North Avenue, with the W.P.A. installing sewers as well.
Widening was undertaken with P.W.A. funds in 1934, P.W.A Project No. VT 2232.
Widening under the W.P.A. was undertaken in 1936, W.P.A. Project No. 65-12-336.
“North End” sewer project construction occurred in 1940, W.P.A. Project No. 655-12-2-62.
Source notes
Burlington Streets: North Ave, Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box A05, Folder 24, Item 06, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA05F24i06 (accessed May 17, 2017) Burlington Streets: North Ave, Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box A05, Folder 24, Item 09, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA05F24i09 (accessed May 17, 2017) Burlington Streets: North Ave, Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box A05, Folder 24, Item 08, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA05F24i08 (accessed May 17, 2017) Burlington Streets: North Ave, Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box A05, Folder 24, Item 30, https://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalA05F24i30 (accessed May 17, 2017)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 17, 2017.
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