Uncle Sam Chooses Tampa for Base in 1939
On July 14, 1939, the Tampa Morning Tribune announced the war department's decision to build the "Southeast Air Base" in Tampa. The land selected was a 6000 acre marshy area known as Catfish Point. As part of President Roosevelt's New Deal Program, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) paid local unemployed citizens for land clearing and road construction work. Runways, buildings, and airplane hangars were built by private contractors. Construction was competed less than two years later and the base was officially dedicated as MacDill Field on April 16, 1941.HM Number | HMMSM |
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Series | This marker is part of the More Than Words series, and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series. |
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Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Friday, October 3rd, 2014 at 11:44am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17R E 356505 N 3091991 |
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Decimal Degrees | 27.94523333, -82.45860000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 27° 56.714', W 82° 27.516' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 27° 56' 42.84" N, 82° 27' 30.96" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 813, 727, 305, 863 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 122-156 N Ashley Dr, Tampa FL 33602, US |
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