Sewers and Storm Drains – Haverhill MA

City:
Haverhill, MA

Site Type:
Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor constructed sewers and storm drains in Haverhill, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin:

Two hundred additional catch basins and 7000 feet of 8 inch pipe line has been connected with the present trunk storm drain throughout Haverhill by the WPA. These much needed basins and connections will remove storm waters more efficiently. Sixty-two men were employed on this project.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 21, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 15, 2017.

Location Info


Haverhill, MA

Location notes: General location marker for town

Coordinates: 42.776, -71.077

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