- City:
- Lexington, MA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
“In the 1930s, as part of a WPA project, the Brook was widened and deepened from its original shallow, narrow bed from Hayes Lane to Emerson Road, all in Lexington. This was to better use it for irrigation purposes. (Today, much of the brook bed is reverting to its natural size, gradually filling back in with silt.) In addition, it was culverted from Hayes Lane back upstream to Vine Brook Road in Lexington.”
Some materials for the project came from excavation and grading work conducted at the recently completed (and P.W.A.-financed) school in Burlington, Mass.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine_Brook
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 21, 2018.
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