Road Development – Rockland DE

City:
Rockland, DE

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Description

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was road construction between Rockland and Thompson’s Bridge. The exact road(s) in question is presently unknown to Living New Deal.

An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.

 

Source notes

Annual Report of the Chief Engineer State Highway Department, 1934 (pg. 43-53): https://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/annual_reports/pdf/1934/annual_1934_chief.pdf https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1245/report.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 20, 2016.

Location Info


Rockland, DE

Location notes: Coordinates for Thompson's Bridge

Coordinates: 39.817007, -75.569900

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