The city of Lodi and the WPA constructed and installed 15.8 miles of water mains, 101 fire hydrants, 8.8 miles of sanitary sewers and manholes, 12,230 feet of storm drains and manholes, catch basins. Almost every street and alley has… read more
The CWA painted inside and outside of Emerson School. Emerson Park has replaced Emerson School. The palm trees in the park show where the entrance to the school once was.
Hutchins Street Square, a community center, was originally Lodi High School. The CWA improved the girls' gym and tennis courts at the high school in 1934. The tennis courts have now become a large grassy area that is currently used… read more
The WPA added 12 acres of parkland to the existing park at Lodi Lake, and a bridge built to link the two parcels of land. Also with the help of WPA funds and 26 men over 20 months, the city… read more
Like Lodi Lake and other parks in Lodi, Micke Grove Park had cemented rock curbs and gutters built by the CWA 1934. Some have been replaced but many still exist. In addition, seventy men employed by the WPA built and… read more
The Woodbridge Dam, built in the 1890s, created Lodi Lake, along the Mokelumne River in Lodi. The New Deal project of "flood control on the Mokelumne River, mosquito abatement, and erosion control" consisted of the removal of brush, downed trees,… read more
Originally built and used as an armory for the National Guard, the building hosted the first wave of eight hundred Lodians of Japanese descent on May 18, 1943, who assembled there for the bus trip to the Stockton Fairgrounds Assembly… read more
