Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) co0nstructed a stately stone observation tower in Newburyport, Mass. WPA Bulletin: In the center of Atkinson Park, Newburyport, WPA workmen have constructed a fifty-foot, field-stone, observation tower. Surrounding grounds have been landscaped with grass, trees and… read more
A water filtration plant construction project in Newburyport, Mass. was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. MA 1033
The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted substantial modernization work to what was then Newburyport’s central fire station. Originally constructed as the Market House in 1823, the building at 1 to 3 Market Square [/Merrimac Street] was renovated into an arts… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks on Munroe St. in Newburyport MA.
The W.P.A. constructed sidewalks in Newburyport, Mass. Flickr comment re: a W.P.A. plaque: “This particular one is in a sidewalk in the Joppa Flats section of Newburyport, near where my other recent photo of the boat sticking up over the… read more
By the time Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated president in 1933, the United States was suffering the worst economic collapse in its history. In order to stimulate the economy and lessen unemployment, Roosevelt started the Public Works Administration (PWA) and,… read more