- City:
- Carver, MA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) worked to improve the Meadow Street in Carver, Massachusetts.
1935: “Meadow Street was widened and graveled with W.P.A. furnishing the Common Labor.”
1939: “The W. P. A. … are now excavating and gravelling the portion of Meadow St. from Pine St. to Popes Point St.”
1940: “The W. P. A. completed exavating and gravelling Meadow St.”
Source notes
Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Carver, 1935 https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1935carv Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Carver, 1939 https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1939carv Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Carver, 1940 https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1940carvSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on June 7, 2016.
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