- City:
- Key West, FL
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The FERA initiated construction of Key West’s sewerage system in 1935-36. In 1935, the WPA took over FERA activities, and likely continued sewer construction efforts.
Source notes
Durward Long, "Key West and the New Deal, 1934-1936," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 46, no. 3 (Jan. 1968), pp. 209-218Contribute to this Site
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