White Pond Improvements – Maynard MA

Description

The Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) and Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) supplied labor for Maynard town projects White Pond in 1934. In addition to planting trees, workers cleaned its banks of brush and dead wood, and cut wood for other purposes. White Pond, an important component of Maynard’s water supply system, is physically split among Hudson and Stow townships. Work was continued by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.).

Source notes

Annual Reports of the Town Officers ... of the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1934 (pp. 14-5, 114).
Annual Reports of the Town Officers ... of the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1935 (pg. 9).
Annual Reports of the Town Officers ... of the Town of Maynard, Massachusetts for the Year Ending December 31, 1939 (pg. 10).

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 9, 2017.

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Location Info


White Pond
Maynard, MA

Coordinates: 42.390857, -71.481258

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