1933$70,600 was allocated to the City of Gloucester for civil work for the unemployed during the Great Depression.Economy and Industry, Economy

The newly created Civil Works Administration met with mayors, selectmen, and welfare agents across Massachusetts to allocate the money, which enabled the city to put about 350 people to work from November until February on civic projects including the construction of a walk along the Back Shore and work on the watershed at the newly created Babson Reservoir.