Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Development – Kittery ME

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.

Location Info


Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Kittery, ME

Coordinates: 43.0803, -70.7399

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