- City:
- Farmingdale, NY
- Site Type:
- Cemeteries, Civic Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities, Federal Facilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal, Sidewalks, Gutters and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) played a crucial role in the development of Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.
NPS.gov: “By June 1939, the cemetery employed 480 men through WPA projects. A final narrative report of the WPA projects completed at the cemetery listed: construction of the shelter house and comfort station, including its sewer line and septic tank; clearing 76 acres of scrub trees and underbrush, and a 60’ fire break along boundary lines; construction of a rostrum; construction of 2,363’ of sidewalks, 5,472’ of curb and gutters; and completion of woven-wire and barbed-wire fences on the east, north, and south boundaries.”
Source notes
https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000113.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 31, 2016.
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