- City:
- Bordentown, NJ
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to modernize Bordentown, New Jersey’s sewage disposal plant in 1936. The plant had “been in need of drastic changes for years[, but] the city ha[d] not been financially able to stand the cost.”
The plant discharges into Black Creek, which forms the southern boundary of Bordentown Township.
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; February 1936 issue, page 5. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 2, 2015.
Additional contributions by Matt Pey.
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