- City:
- West Springfield, MA
- Site Type:
- Flood and Erosion Control, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
W.P.A. Bulletin, 1937: “[N]ew projects will build two huge dikes in Springfield and its sister community, West Springfield, at a cost to the government of $304,000. At its peak, next spring, the projects will employ about 500. …
The West Springfield project will begin near the Eastern States Exposition grounds (inundated during the ’36 flood) and extend in a southeast direction to the Agawam bridge embankment. It will include 6000 tons of rip-rap.”
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Dec. 15, 1937 (pg. 1) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unitSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 6, 2017.
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