Roeding Park Improvements – Fresno CA

City:
Fresno, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

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

Description

The PWA built sprinkler and sewer systems in the park in the 1930s.

The WPA built a long rustic stone wall around the park.

Source notes

Fresno Bee in "Scrapbooks of clippings related to WPA projects in Fresno, Kern, King, Madera, and Tulare Counties," gift of Mrs. David T. Holmes, Vacaville, 1962. (Scrapbook can be found in the California State Library in Sacramento).

Location Info


Roeding Park
Fresno, CA 93728
Fresno County

Location notes:

Coordinates: 36.752934, -119.82220

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