- City:
- Canton, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Description of a project undertaken by the W.P.A. in 1938:
“Ponkapoag Public Golf Course; work was started in the late fall to complete the development of nine additional holes at the course. Under this project, clearing, grubbing, grading and loaming is being done, new roads with necessary drainage are being constructed and a complete fairways watering system is being installed for the entire twenty-seven holes.”
Source notes
"Annual report of the Metropolitan District Commission," by Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commission (1938 volume; pg. 19)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 10, 2018.
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