- City:
- Ogdensburg, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed three miles of sanitary and storm sewers in Ogdensburg, New York.
Among the sewer lines were laid by the WPA were those to “the Customs House, the Junior High School and the Ogdensburg Free Academy.”
Source notes
"Herzog Defends WPA ..." Ogdensburg Journal, Aug. 14, 1941, page 4. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031165/1941-08-14/ed-1/seq-4/ "Many Streets, Roads Improved with WPA Money." The Massena Observer, Oct. 11, 1938, page 5. https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031311/1938-10-11/ed-1/seq-5/Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 26, 2015.
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