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Salzer Creek Flood Control – Centralia WA

Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that “45 unemployed will be put to work on a flood control project in the Salzer Creek Valley, Lewis County, under a $10,965 [WPA] allotment.” The aim of the project was to improve the Lewis County Fairgrounds, now known as the Southwest Wash Fair.

Source notes

WPA Press Release [#348, 356], Dec., 1937, [pages 48, 56]:
http://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400.pdf

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 28, 2014.

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Location Info

Salzer Creek
Centralia, WA

Coordinates: 46.690754, -122.963989

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