Airport Development – North Platte NE

City:
North Platte, NE

Site Type:
Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted work at what is now North Platte Regional Airport. “Project 996” involved “levelling land” at the airport.

Source notes

"W.P.A. PROJECTS IN COUNTY TOTAL $72,699," The Daily Bulletin of North Platte, Nebraska, Apr. 9, 1936 (pg. 2): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/727825653/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 4, 2023.

Location Info

E Lee Bird Dr
North Platte, NE

Coordinates: 41.131235, -100.691737

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