Lenape Park Lake – Cranford NJ

City:
Cranford, NJ

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds

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

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an artificial lake in Lenape Park, in Cranford / Springfield Township, New Jersey, along the Rahway River Parkway, ca. 1936.

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; June 1936 issue, page 21. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 7, 2015.

Location Info

Lenape Park
Cranford, NJ

Location notes: General location marker for Lenape Park

Coordinates: 40.679, -74.316

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