- City:
- Kittery, ME
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The W.P.A. conducted substantial development work at what was then known as the Portsmouth Navy Yard, in Kittery, Maine.
W.P.A. project info:
- “Construction and improvements”
Official Project Number: 109‐3‐11‐10
Total project cost: $200,000.00
Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department - “Construct access roads”
Official Project Number: 165‐1‐11‐130
Total project cost: $100,000.00
Sponsor: Town of Kittery - “Rehabilitate, extend, and improve buildings, structures and facilities”
Official Project Number: 165‐2‐11‐68
Total project cost: $880,222.00
Sponsor: Commandant, 1st Naval District, U.S. Navy - “Construct interior access roads”
Official Project Number: 165‐3‐11‐136
Total project cost: $19,156.00
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Portsmouth Harbor Defense, U.S. Army - “Repair and improve grounds, roads, and systems”
Official Project Number: 65‐11‐1327
Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department - “Complete construction of extensions to machine shops”
Official Project Number: 709‐2‐26
Total project cost: $38,000.00
Sponsor: Commandant, Navy Yard, U.S. Navy Department - “Improve and rehabilitate facilities, utilities, and grounds”
Official Project Number: 709‐2‐39
Total project cost: $78,568.00
Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Yards and Docks - “Complete extensions and additions to buildings”
Official Project Number: 709‐2‐19
Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Portsmouth Navy Yard, U.S. Navy Department - “Construct steel storage building”
Official Project Number: 865‐11‐2‐4
Total project cost: $70,000.00
Sponsor: Commandant, Navy Yard, U.S. Navy - “Construct roads, parking areas, buildings and shipbuilding ways and slips”
Official Project Number: 865‐11‐8‐1
Sponsor: Commandant, Kittery Navy Yard, U.S. Navy Department - “Improve buildings and clear land for construction”
Total project cost: $89,000.00
Sponsor: U.S. Navy Department
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (pages C-86, C-87).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 8, 2018.
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