Toby Creek Improvements – Luzerne PA

City:
Luzerne, PA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control

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

Description

“Thomas Domboski stands near the Toby Creek ponding area just off Union Street in Luzerne, a WPA project from the 1930s that his brothers worked on.”

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.html

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

Location Info

Toby Creek
Luzerne, PA

Location notes: Approximate location

Coordinates: 41.283229, -75.896604

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