Fall River drain under construction
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and water disposal
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor conducted sewer and drainage work in Fall River, Massachusetts. WPA Bulletin:
Inadequate drainage resulting in flooded conditions about Bedford and Stinzo Streets. Fall River, will be remedied with the replacement of this new WPA White Brook drain from Bedford Street to Quequ[e]chan River.
This area has been heavily redeveloped since the Depression era.
Source notes
Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Sept. 21, 1936 (pg. 2) http://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 15, 2017.
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