Rocky Neck State Park Improvements – East Lyme CT

City:
East Lyme, CT

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Started:
1934

Completed:
1936

Description

“Park improvements were started by the Federal Emergency Relief Association in 1934 and completed by the [Civil] Works Administration in 1936.”

The WPA was also involved in projects within this and other Connecticut state parks.

Source notes

https://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ct/ct0600/ct0632/data/ct0632data.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 9, 2014.

Location Info


East Lyme, CT New London County

Coordinates: 41.3088, -72.2422

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