- City:
- Charlotte, NC
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Flood and Erosion Control
- New Deal Agency:
- Unknown
Description
Federal funds / labor were utilized on an erosion control project along Wilkinson Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early years of the Great Depression.
Source notes
https://www.cmhpf.org/S&Rs%20Alphabetical%20Order/surveys&rlongcreekgym.htmSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 15, 2014.
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My grandfather worked on this project. he shot dynamite at the old rock quarry off Yorkmont Dr in west Charlotte to get gravel for Wilkinson Blvd. he moved down to Charlotte to work for the WPA from Hendersonville, NC.