Water System – Minerva NY

City:
Minerva, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

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

Description

Minerva, New York had no water system until the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed one for the community ca. 1940-1. The project included “installing water mains, developing springs, laying pipe lines, placing valves and appurtenant work.”

Source notes

WPA Money For Water System and Roads." The Lake Placid News, Jun. 14, 1940 (page 9). https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn86033359/1940-06-14/ed-1/seq-9/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 28, 2015.

Location Info


Minerva, NY

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 43.791453, -73.984302

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