- City:
- New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Maritime: Harbors, Ports & Lighthouses
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
In the 1937 the Works Progress Administration undertook construction on the Battery Landing Platform which was used as a landing pier for excursion boats (WPA).
Source notes
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "North (Hudson) River - Pier - Manhattan - Battery landing platform - [Battery Park.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections, last accessed February 2016Contribute to this Site
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