- City:
- St. Thomas, VIRGIN-ISLANDS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Army Corps of Engineers, Federal & Military Operations, Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The PWA and the Army Corps of Engineers made improvements to areas around St. Thomas Harbor and Lindbergh Bay. The work included filling swamp areas to reduce the incidence of malaria, and dredging to deepen and widen the “Haul Over Channel,” which connects the west end of St. Thomas Harbor to East Gregerie Channel.
Source notes
War Department, Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1936, Part 1, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1936, pp. 1625-1627.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 19, 2017.
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