- City:
- Windham, CT
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted development / improvement projects at Windham Airport.
- “Improve airport”
Official Project Numbers: 165‐1‐15‐159, 165‐1‐15‐83
Total project cost: $190,377.00 (per project)
Sponsor: Town of Windham - “Extend landing strips and runways, clear land, grade, drain and pave; install drainage and lighting facilities at Windham Airport.”
Official Project Number: 265‐1‐15‐67
Total project cost: $695,303.00
Sponsor: State of Connecticut, Department of Public Works
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009 (page C-26).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 22, 2017.
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