- City:
- Framingham, MA
- Site Type:
- Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1943
Description
Between 1933 and 1943 multiple New Deal agencies: the C.W.A., F.E.R.A., and W.P.A., funded labor for the drastic expansion of sewers and other drainage pipes in Framingham, Mass. In all 17 miles of sewers and eight miles of drains were constructed as a result of these projects along dozens of roads across the town.
Source notes
Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1933 (pg. 119-120). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1934 (pg. 198). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1937 (pp. 122, 295-6). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1938 (pp. 220, 267). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1939 (pg. 191). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1940 (pp. 142, 145, 216). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1941 (pp. 151, 240, 242). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1942 (pp. 262, 264-5). Annual Report of the Town of Framingham for the Year Ending December 31, 1943 (pp. 183, 186).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 1, 2017.
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