Forbes Street Drains – East Hartford CT

City:
East Hartford, CT

Site Type:
Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1938

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a project “installing surface drains on Forbes Street, from Willow Brook southerly to a point about 1500 feet south of Silver Lane. About 25 men will be employed for four months.”

Source notes

Hartford Courant, Nov. 15, 1937 (pg. 7): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/369788701/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 5, 2023.

Location Info

Forbes Ave.
East Hartford, CT

Coordinates: 41.764886, -72.600114

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