Survival: No Longer Extant

The historic 3rd Regiment Armory building on Washington St. in Bridgeton, New Jersey was the recipient of WPA improvement efforts: "Replacing present rotted out window sills and painting, cleaning and white‐washing walls in the Armory building." WPA Official Project Number: 65‐22‐5648

The historic Grant Street Armory in Mount Holly, New Jersey was the recipient of WPA efforts: "Replace sewer connection at Armory building on Grant Street" work. The armory was located behind the historic prison. WPA Official Project Number: 65‐22‐1352

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement on the training ship USS Newton, stationed in Jersey City, NJ. The boat sank in the Hudson River in 1946, and "her hulk was later sold." WPA project details: "Improve training ship" Official Project Number: 765‐22‐2‐58 Total project cost: $7,446.00 Sponsor: Commanding Officer, Training Ship, U.S.S. Newton, U.S. Navy

The WPA conducted a large-scale reconstruction project at the Cape May Naval Air Station, located at the easternmost part of Cape May. A thorough history of the installation can be found at Abandoned & Little Known Airfields (airfields-freeman.com). There are few traces of the New Deal- and WWII-era installation remaining, though an abandoned runway is still visible. The facility is now the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center. Cape May County Gazette wrote in 1936: “One of the finest WPA projects granted this section is the rebuilding of the U.S. naval Air Station at Cape May, on which work has already been started....

The "Jefferson Lions Club Swimming Pool located at the extreme west end of West Whelan Street, one block west of Highway 59 North, also known as North Walcott Street. The site today is occupied by the Jefferson Independent School District's Transportation Building and parking lot for its school bus fleet. It was constructed by the , sometime in the late 1930’s. It was originally part of a City Park Complex that ran from Tuttle Street to Ferris Street (now MLK), and from West Harrison Street north to the swimming pool. It included the old high school football field, a...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) constructed a "steel fire tower" at Mohawk State Forest. The structure, which Living New Deal believes it was located by the parking lot at Mohawk Tower (at the end of Toumey Road), is no longer extant. Satellite imagery suggests that the corner 'pillars' of the structure are all that remain.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) "built a caretaker's cabin, bath houses and facilities for swimmers at Morey Pond" at Nipmuck State Forest. These days, Interstate 84 runs right through the middle of Morey Pond, and these facilities no longer exist.

Only the cement foundation remains of a former wooden fire lookout tower that was built by the C.C.C. in Meshomasic State Forest. The structure was located northwest of Midwood Farm Road.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) constructed a wooden fire lookout tower in Cockaponset State Forest. CTMQ.org: "We soon came upon the remains of an old CCC observation tower. Four large concrete blocks are pretty much all that remains but fifty years ago, day hikers could climb this tower and view… not too much according to Rob. A reservoir or two and a couple bumps of hills, but not much more. It’s really no wonder why no one maintained the tower. Incidentally, the Walk Book map calls this “Fire Tower Remains” but it was never used as a fire tower. Thought you’d like to...

The W.P.A. constructed a school gymnasium in Quemado, New Mexico. The facility is no longer extant.