- City:
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“Thanks to WPA labor, many [Wilkes-Barre] city streets were repaved after the iron streetcar tracks were torn up.”
Source notes
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: "Area still benefits from jobs program created during Depression," 2011. https://archive.timesleader.com/2011_7/2011_09_04_Area_still_benefits_from_jobs_program_created_during_Depression_-news.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 16, 2015.
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