New York Sewers Under Construction
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
Completed: 1936
Quality of Information: Moderate
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
This WPA photo showing a WPA sewer under construction has the following caption:
“Engineers take pride in their work. This smiling WPA worker is as proud as his fellow workers and chief engineers as the big job nearing completion in the vicinity of 179th Street and Highbridge Park. Antiquated and inadequate sewers are being replaced with modern ones – an important adjunct in the plan for improving sanitary conditions in the five boros[sic] of New York.”
Source notes
National Archives and Records Administration, Neg. 2210-C
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