Jamestown Sites

"In 1939, ... there were thirty-two men employed , eight of them on the East Ferry waterfront upgrade." Work included construction of a seawall, in which are embedded "Built by Work Projects Administration; R.I. 1940" shield plaques.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted multiple improvement and development projects at Fort Getty in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The projects included road construction and building improvements.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted multiple improvement and development projects at Fort Wetherill in Jamestown, Rhode Island. The projects included road construction, painting, the repair of a wharf, and building improvements.

"Early projects proposed by the town and paid for by the WPA included ... stone walls along High Street." Stone walls can be seen on the south site of High Street, in front of a couple of properties between Wacott Ave. and Baldwin Ct.

"Early projects proposed by the town and paid for by the WPA included ... new athletic fields on Lawn Avenue ..."

The Old Jamestown Bridge, which spanned the west passage of Narragansett Bay, was constructed as a New Deal project: the Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied significant financial assistance for the then-$3 million project, which opened for traffic in 1940. The structure, which was demolished in 2006, has since been replaced. The structure bore a "Federal Works Agency // Public Works Administration" plaque. Art in Ruins: "Planning for a bridge at this location began as early as 1920 and was spurred by the financial woes of the Newport Ferry Company. The noted bridge engineering firm Parsons, Klapp, Brinckerhoff and Douglass, which also designed the...

"Early projects proposed by the town and paid for by the WPA included upgrade of the roads ..."