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Gragg-Wade Field (Clanton, Alabama)

USA / Alabama / Clanton / Clanton, Alabama
 airport, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
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Also known as Chilton County Airport. A portion of the airport is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. The contributing structures include the Works Progress Administration Hangar (1937), the Tuskegee Army Airfield Hangar (1942) and a light tower & generator (1940). These structures were listed on the NRHP on June 2nd, 2004. They were constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program that operated between 1935 and 1943. The program provided work for unemployed people who were struggling to find jobs during the Great Depression.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilton_County_Airport
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Coordinates:   32°51'2"N   86°36'40"W
This article was last modified 6 years ago