Provincetown Harbor Clam Reseeding – Provincetown MA

City:
Provincetown, MA

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

Started:
1938

Description

WPA laborers worked to “transplant clams from polluted to clean waters” in Provincetown Harbor in a project begun Dec. 13, 1938. 13 workers were initially involved in the project, as reported by the Provincetown Advocate:

Edward Amoral
Henry Martin
Francis Correira
John Burgess
Edward Allen
Ernest F. Costa
Albert Meads
Joseph Bent
John R. Fratus
William Fields
Michael Bolus
Anthony Jason
Antone Boatman

Source notes

"Projects Arrive Put 30 To Work"; Provincetown Advocate, Dec. 15, 1938 (page 1).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 17, 2014.

Location Info

Provincetown, MA Barnstable County

Coordinates: 42.050104, -70.17915

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