• Otter Creek Flood Control - Proctor VT
    The Works Progress Administration completed flood control work on Otter Creek in Proctor.
  • Road and Infrastructure Work - Proctor VT
    New Deal funds supported extensive road and infrastructure work in the town of Proctor. The Selectmens report for 1933 mentions 7 highway projects and the extension of the sewer near Field St done by the C.W.A. starting Nov. 2nd 1933, employing 90 men, and costing the New Deal $6,494 for wages and $2,293 for a truck, tools, materials, and supplies. Highway projects by the Vermont Emergency Relief Administration VERA (the state agency set up to distribute Federal funds) cost $16,685. In 1934, further CWA and VERA funds were used to distribute money to families in need of seeds and other farming...