Remaking Meigs County Parks and Roads Prominent
Middleport undertakes Pythian Park to town park conversion with a new swimming pool and amusement facilities. Buffington Island Memorial State Park receives beautification work. Major CWA projects focus on highway improvements and new routes linking Meigs County. State highway plans include Route 7 upgrades and reconstruction of stretches from Portinga to Long Bottom and Eden to Hockingport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Buffington Park
Meigs County
Pythian Park
Meige County
Buffington Island Memorial State Park
CWA
State Highway Department
Romis
Portiang
Long Bottom
Eden
Hockingport
Chester
Tuppers Plains
State Department
Government Activity Aids 1933 Record
Meigs County saw a building boom in late 1933 and early 1934 driven by government works including CCC camps highway projects and CWA programs rather than private investment. Local repairs modernization and moving a large warehouse on East Main Street reflect the era’s activity amid a slack private market.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ewing Hilock
Second Street
Mulberry Avenue
Mechanic Street
Red Anchor Department
Ewing Grocery
Main Street
Remington Hotel
Eimharet Tavern
East Main Street
Ebersbach
Neutzling
Liberty
Meigene
Rockother
Fairgrounds
Federal Civil Works Administration
Attic room upgrades and campus improvements in Pomeroy
A report notes attic space conversion to living areas in homes, plus riverbank parking lots and a cleared high school field. Government programs spur building activity in Pomeroy and Meigene, with new parking, insulation, and brick school additions improving infrastructure.
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Lethc
West Main Street
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Ing
Combaing
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Meigs
Ohio River Road
Puy
Clarence Way
General Plastering Contractor
By Malcolm Hartley
Messenger
Grunow
ABC
Living Tone Radio
Gruneow
Hanna
G. W. Hopkins
Radio and Electric Shop
W. State St