• Emergency Debris Clean-Up - Sierra Madre CA
    "WPA Project #1 B20 950 Project opened February 13th, 1935 as an emergency project under Application #700-LA and was later assigned Project #1 B20 950. Work consisted of clearing streets of fallen trees and the disposal of other storm debris. The clean-up was made necessary by the severe windstorm of February 12th in the Sierra Madre section." Photos in archive depict damage on Grandview near Sierra Madre Ave., Mariposa Dr., Central Ave., Sturdevant Dr., Esperanza (first street south of Central Ave., Hermosa & Laurel, Central Ave. west of Lima, & East Central.
  • Sierra Madre Channel and Bridges - Sierra Madre CA
    After New Deal workers constructed the nearby Sierra Madre Dam, CCC workers also built a series of concrete bridges and the flow channel that leads from the dam through the town of Sierra Madre. The work was completed around 1940. The bridges and channel sections pictured here are identified by address.
  • Sierra Madre Dam - Sierra Madre CA
    This concrete dam on Little Santa Anita Creek, in the city of Sierra Madre, California, is owned by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Although the original dam was completed in 1928, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) did work to channelize the creek and construct bridges below the dam. A large concrete dam for flood control in the vicinity of Sierra Madre was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), circa 1935.
  • Wash Area Stone Wall - Sierra Madre CA
    A stone wall along the north side of an overflow catchment field that typifies CCC water projects constructed in the area.