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Water Hole – Billerica MA

WPA Fire Drill Tower

WPA Fire Drill Tower

Public domain 1936

WPA Fire Drill Tower

WPA Fire Drill Tower

Project type: Firehouses, Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) laborers constructed a water-storage hole for fire-fighting protection purposes, with respect 25 farms in outlying Billerica, Mass.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 2, 1936 (pg. 2-3).
http://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2017.

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Location Info

Billerica, MA

Location notes: General location marker for town

Coordinates: 42.5728, -71.2583

One comment on “Water Hole – Billerica MA”

  1. Brooke Sorensen August 30, 2017

    I have been working on a project for the town of Billerica to see W.P.A. involvement in the town. It makes me extremely happy to have a resource like this to get a broader view of what projects were popular across the country.

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