- City:
- Cookeville, TN
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The since-abandoned Putnam County Airport in Cookeville, Tennessee was built with Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor.
Tennessee Encyclopedia: “Some of Tennessee’s largest WPA projects reflected the arrival of the age of flight. WPA workers helped complete landing fields and airports at Jellico, Cookeville, Lebanon, Jackson, and Milan.”
A high school now occupies what had been the southern part of the airport.
Source notes
https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1534 https://www.members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/TN/Airfields_TN_E.htmSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2017.
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