Track Removal – Keene NH

City:
Keene, NH

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

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

Completed:
1935

Description

In 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded a series of street improvements in Keene, NH. This work included removing Keene Electric Railway tracks from West and Main Streets and Central Square and repaving the effected streets.

Source notes

https://keenepubliclibrary.org/sites/default/files/highways.pdf

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on October 28, 2014.

Location Info

Main St
Keene, NH 03431

Coordinates: 42.921681, -72.275942

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