- City:
- Oxford, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration issued its one-millionth check in New Jersey in March 1937. The check was given to Roy Boyd of Oxford “on a road grading project in his home town.”
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; March 1936 issue, page 8. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. Newark Ledger, Mar. 7, 1936.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 2, 2015.
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