Purdue University Airport
Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Completed: 1934
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Description
Sometimes misattributed to the WPA, early development of this, the first university-owned airport in the country, was undertaken by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). FERA also built a hangar for the airport.
Source notes
Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Indiana, 6 December 1935.
Mis-attribution: purdue.edu
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 15, 2017.
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