Road Work – Bingham ME

City:
Bingham, ME

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

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

Started:
1934

Completed:
1934

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The community notes of the Independent Reporter, January 11, 1934 mention CWA work: “The CWA road project above town is progressing slowly. The next four weeks will be spent in blasting the ledge at the bottom of Mill Hill. The ledge will be hauled to Austin Stream where it will serve as a breakwater near the home of Eli Carpentier.”

Source notes

The Independent Reporter, a long defunct weekly county newspaper

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on July 24, 2016.

Location Info


Bingham, ME 04920
Somerset County

Location notes: Location is approximate

Coordinates: 45.062456, -69.881715

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