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Street Paving – Wilkes-Barre PA

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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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.
http://archive.timesleader.com/2011_7/2011_09_04_Area_still_benefits_from_jobs_program_created_during_Depression_-news.html

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 16, 2015.

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Location Info

Wilkes-Barre, PA

Location notes: General location marker for Wilkes-Barre

Coordinates: 41.2435, -75.8812

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