- City:
- South Hadley, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) laborers conducted the following work:
South Hadley has the largest project in operation — the construction of a large sea-wall along the east bank of the Connecticut River below the Holyoke dam. Majority of projects involve rip-rap work along the river bank, the building of dikes and retaining walls.
The status of this project is unknown to Living New Deal
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Nov. 10, 1936 (pg. 4) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unitSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 20, 2017.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal SiteOne comment on “Connecticut River Sea Wall – South Hadley MA”
Join the Conversation
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Dianna Lyman
Traprock was blasted from our Lyman property on Hadley Street to underlay Rt. 47 in So. Hadley for paving in the 1930’s. Was this a WPA project? Would appreciate any information you could give me.
Thank you,
Dianna Lyman