Road Development (1937) – Carver MA

City:
Carver, MA

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

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1937

Description

Federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor worked to improve several roads in Carver, MA. In 1937: “Under W. P. A. East Head Road was excavated and gravelled from Cranberry Road to the Plymouth line. … Pleasant St. was completed with gravel. A part of High St. is now being widened and straightened.”

Source notes

Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Carver, 1937 https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1937carv

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 7, 2016.

Location Info


Pleasant St.
Carver, MA

Coordinates: 41.939127, -70.792967

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