- City:
- Aberdeen, MS
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Contractor:
- Trinidad Asphalt Corporation
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
Description
Public Works Administration project x1377 was approved for a grant of $33,750 on 9/17/1938. The total cost of improvements was approximately $75,000 and were reported to be “one of the most complete street paving system of any town its size in the state” (Street Paving, 1939, p. 3). The Trinidad Asphalt Corporation was the contractor. Construction began Dec. 8, 1938 and was completed Aug. 19, 1939.
Source notes
Report No. 5. Status of Non-Federal Allotted Projects. (January 3, 1940). Region No. 3 Mississippi. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Work Projects Division, p. 106.
WPA Allotments. (Sept. 8, 1937). The Greenwood Commonwealth, p. 1.
Street Paving Work Pushed. (Sept. 3, 1939). Clarion-Ledger, p. 3.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on September 12, 2021.
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