Shipley’s Battery and Signal Station Reconstruction – Hassell Island, St. Thomas VI

City:
St. Thomas, VIRGIN-ISLANDS

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1933

Completed:
1937

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) reconstructed the Shipley’s Battery and Signal Station on Hassell Island, in the vicinity of Charlotte Amalie. The cost of the PWA work was $4,495.87.

Source notes

National Archives, RG 55, Records of the Government of the Virgin Islands, Correspondence and related records, PWA Programs in the V.I., 1933-38, Box 1

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on August 31, 2017.

Location Info

Shipley’s Battery
St. Thomas, VI

Coordinates: 18.3294003, -64.93542300000001

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