- City:
- Trumansburg, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Trumansburg Creek and surrounding land in Trumansburg, New York during the 1930s.
One project, which cost $26,306 (of which the WPA contributed $17,466) was described by the WPA in its project rolls: “Improve Trumansburg Creek and surrounding park … “including constructing retaining walls and wading pools, [and] landscaping.” Work occurred on both public and private property. On private lands the WPA improved “the creek bed and banks of [the] creek.”
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration;
Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.
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