Wilkinson Boulevard Erosion Control – Charlotte NC

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.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 15, 2014.

Location Info


Wilkinson Blvd.
Charlotte, NC Mecklenburg County

Coordinates: 35.241931, -80.987605

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One comment on “Wilkinson Boulevard Erosion Control – Charlotte NC

  1. Roger Hudson

    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.

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  1. Roger Hudson

    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.

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