179th Street Sewer – New York NY

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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Location Info


179th St.
New York, NY 10033

Coordinates: 40.84695485497439, -73.93209546322936

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