- City:
- Reno, NV
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Public Works Funding, National Recovery Administration (NRA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Sitting one mile west of the city limit on the Reno Truckee highway (today West 4th Street). Most of the sand and gravel used in New Deal projects in Reno came from here. The CWA and NIRA gave the city of Reno $14248.00 for development and operation of this pit.
Source notes
"Men at Work" federal-City of Reno Relief Program, by John A Cooper Mayor of Reno 1935-1939Site originally submitted by David Kerr on April 18, 2016.
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