- City:
- Lewiston, ME
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The 1933 town report includes a photograph of a CCC camp, which was CO.132nd P-59 and operated from June 1933 to May 1937 for the Maine Forest Service in protection from insects & disease. It was located on the property of the Town Farm in the far SE of the city.
Source notes
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES OF THE Cit y of Lewiston, Maine:
https://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ccc/camps.html
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on October 23, 2017.
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