Record #:

15190

Author(s):

Saunders, Keith

Abstract:

During the late 1930s work was undertaken to stop the erosion of the Outer Banks. Some feared that complete loss of the Outer Banks would inundate mainland North Carolina which prompted Congress to approve the North Carolina beach Erosion Control Project. WPA and CCC boys completed the work which entailed erecting sand fences and planting grasses to prevent beach erosion.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 23, Nov 1938, p9-10, 22

Subject(s):

Outer Banks