- City:
- Merkel, TX
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The National Youth Administration built culverts on S. 1st St. in Merkel, Taylor County. A site marker reads, “Constructed by National Youth Administration 1940.”
Source notes
Contributor note: While taking photos around this small town (population of approximately 2600), I saw a plaque near the road.
Site originally submitted by Bambi Lynn Bush on April 6, 2018.
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Bambi Lynn
Source Notes/Contributor Note continued…
After taking these photos I researched the info on the plaque, the “National Youth Association,” which led me to this site. As a history buff, I appreciate this “Living New Deal” project and all the folks who contribute to it. -Bambi Lynn