Street Improvements – Leith ND

City:
Leith, ND

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

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

Completed:
1938

Description

“The small town of Leith in Grant County benefited from a WPA project to level the dirt streets. Much WPA work was done with hand tools. Men shoveled dirt and rock, split rocks, and hauled building materials by hand. Hand work required more employees to complete a job.” (ndstudies.gov)

Source notes

https://ndstudies.gov/gr8/content/unit-iv-modern-north-dakota-1921-present/lesson-1-changing-landscapes/topic-2-wpa-and-ccc/section-2-wpa

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2015.

Location Info

Leith, ND Grant

Location notes: General location marker for Leith

Coordinates: 46.3583, -101.6365

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