Fort Hancock (former) Railroad Improvements – Highlands NJ

City:
Highlands, NJ

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work along the railroad at what was then Fort Hancock, New Jersey in 1936.

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; October 1936 issue, page 6. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 13, 2015.

Location Info


Highlands, NJ

Coordinates: 40.457139, -73.997017

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