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Projects in Wilkes-Barre

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East End Boulevard Improvements – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways” in Wilkes-Barre. “Travel was made easier when the East End Boulevard was straightened out and crucial highway links in the Back Mountain and West Side areas were constructed, all… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Hazle Street Retaining Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were the retaining walls along North Main Street and Hazle Avenue …” The exact location of the along Hazle Street of the wall is unknown… read more

Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Hollenback Park Pool (former) – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways” in Wilkes-Barre. “Thanks to WPA labor, … [t]he Miner Park and Hollenback swimming pools were built.” Living New Deal believes the pool to be no longer extant.

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Laurel Run Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

“A chiseled stone plaque marks the WPA-built wall along the Laurel Run Creek in Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre. … This WPA-built retaining wall helps keep Laurel Run Creek in Wilkes-Barre within its banks.”

Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Mill Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were … walls along Laurel Run, Mill and Solomon creeks.”

Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Miner Park Pool (former) – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways” in Wilkes-Barre. “Thanks to WPA labor, … [t]he Miner Park and Hollenback swimming pools were built.” The pool is no longer extant.

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Swimming Pools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

North Main Street Retaining Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were the retaining walls along North Main Street and Hazle Avenue …” The exact location of the along North Main Street of the wall is… read more

Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Solomon Creek Wall – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways. Among projects in Wilkes-Barre were … walls along Laurel Run, Mill and Solomon creeks.”

Project type: Flood and Erosion control, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Street Paving – Wilkes-Barre PA

“Thanks to WPA labor, many [Wilkes-Barre] city streets were repaved after the iron streetcar tracks were torn up.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

West Side Road Improvements – Wilkes-Barre PA

“WPA’s legacy is visible today in those and many other ways” in Wilkes-Barre. “Travel was made easier when the East End Boulevard was straightened out and crucial highway links in the Back Mountain and West Side areas were constructed, all… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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