Tweed New Haven Airport Development – New Haven / East Haven CT

City:
East Haven, New Haven, CT

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports

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

Description

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted a massive development / improvement program at what is now known as Tweed New Haven Airport.

Official Project Number: 165‐1‐15‐30
Total project cost: $3,031,708.00
Sponsor: City of New Haven

Source notes

Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-26).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 22, 2017.

Location Info

155 Burr St.
New Haven, CT 06512

Coordinates: 41.267, -72.885

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