Road Construction at Wilson Dr. in 1914 ~ Even though Henry Ford - TopicsExpress



          

Road Construction at Wilson Dr. in 1914 ~ Even though Henry Ford introduced his Model T to America in 1908 & sold over half a million of them in 1916, automobiles were still seen by most Cabell County citizens as “toys for the wealthy.” Brick paving on the old James River & Kanawha Turnpike helped usher in Cabell Countys automobile age. The automobile age was furthered with brick streets in town. In 1935 Congress established the Works Progress Administration to provide work for the unemployed of the Great Depression. A lot of the road work was done by the WPA from 1935 until the agency ceased operations in 1942.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:44:11 +0000

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