- City:
- Carver, MA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
Federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor worked to improve several roads in Carver, MA. In 1938: “Under W. P. A. the County layed out High St. from Philip Coles’ corner to Brook St. and Brook St. from High St. to the Plympton line. Brook St. was excavated and graveled and a part of High St. excavated.”
1939: “The W. P. A. completed excavating and gravelling High St. from Brook St. to the Bridge at the Maurice Robbins place …”
Source notes
Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Carver, 1938 https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1938carv Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Carver, 1939 https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1939carvSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 7, 2016.
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