- City:
- St. Thomas, VIRGIN-ISLANDS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“Construction work is under way on St. Peter Mountain Road, St. Thomas, on Feb. 1, 1937. Public Works employees are scattered up and down the steep hillside, building dry stone retaining walls. The work was organized under the Works Progress Administration as project OR 5-230.”
Also in 1937, CCC wokers carried out improvement work on St. Peter Mountain Road. “The Civilian Conservation Corps likewise carried on a substantial road program of which the St. Peters Mountain Road improvement constitutes the most important achievement. This scenic drive is being extended at the present time with a view to developing a circular drive in an area whose scenic attractions are outstanding.”
Source notes
U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1937, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937, p. 12, 19."
https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/public-works-in-the-v-i/collection_13b6140b-7aea-53f0-b2df-2bc750b82450.html#3
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 10, 2017.
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