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knight admin building approved

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by TBHC @ 11:19 am

70 years ago…

September 8, 1936 – The Works Progress Administration (WPA) approves construction of a $97,000 ($1.3 million in today’s dollars) administration building for Peter O. Knight Airport on Davis Islands. The building completed the final piece of a federal program for the development of Tampa’s new airport for which $375,000 ($5 million in today’s dollars) had already been authorized and spent. Mayor Robert E.L. Chancey promised full cooperation of the city to W.P. Ingram, the W.P.A. district director.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

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