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[ New Search ] Record Breaking Sidewalk Repaving Location : New Orleans, LA Date : July 30, 1936 Agency : WPA Owner : NARA (SPB) Medium : B&W Photo Control Number : RG-67-76 Enlarged Image Description : As pictured and reported in the New Orleans item of July 30, 1936. This crew of WPA workers on the City Park Project under Supt. Denis Flynn, yesterday broke the Louisiana record, and it is believed, the national record for laying sidewalk, paving - in one day, they laid 700 lineal feet of a 6 1/5 foot wide sidewalk. Listed Under: [Transportation][Sidewalks]