Raleigh Municipal Airport
Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Site Survival: No Longer Extant
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Description
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed runways at Raleigh Municipal Airport south of Raleigh, North Carolina. The field closed in 1973 and the property has since been thoroughly redeveloped.
Source notes
Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry (pg. 238): https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/emergencyrelief/emergencyrelief.html (accessed Jun. 22, 2022)
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 22, 2022.
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