Small water diversion canal at Pangborn Park
Project type: Parks and recreation, Playgrounds
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1935
Completed: 1937
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Description
Pangborn Park was one of 8,000 parks built, repaired, or improved by the WPA. Today, visitors to Pangborn Park can enjoy tennis courts, a horseshoe court, an athletic field, a picnic shelter, a children’s playground, and an artificial pond.
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Artificial pond at Pangborn Park
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Men working on pond December 1935
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Creating artificial pond circa 1935-36
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Athletic Field at Pangborn Park
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Horseshoe Court at Pangborn Park
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Lamps at Pangborn Park
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Stairs at Pangborn Park
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Playground at Pangborn Park
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Small building at Pangborn Park
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Tennis court construction circa 1936
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Tennis Courts at Pangborn Park
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WPA workers grading and landscaping Pangborn Park circa 1936
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Pangborn Park nearing completion 1937
Source notes
WPA photograph collection, University of Maryland College Park Archives. http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mdpa/id/49/rec/18 http://collections.digitalmaryland.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mdpa/id/47/rec/19
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on April 15, 2014.
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