Sewers – Barre VT

City:
Barre, VT

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Description

The City of Barre relied heavily on federal relief programs for the improvement and development of its sewer network during the Great Depression.

Source notes

Annual Report of the City of Barre, 1935 (pg. 22). Annual Report of the City of Barre, 1938 (pg. 51). Annual Report of the City of Barre, 1939 (pp. 61-2). Annual Report of the City of Barre, 1940 (pp. 40-1).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 18, 2017.

Location Info


Perrin St.
Barre, VT

Location notes: One site of work in 1935

Coordinates: 44.208561, -72.510130

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