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Date added: January 10, 2023
In 1938, the New Deal’s Public Works Administration (PWA) awarded a grant for the construction of additions to Bruce High School (present-day Westernport Elementary School) in Westernport, Maryland. George F. Hazelwood of Cumberland, Maryland won the contract to build the… read more
Date added: August 11, 2022
In 1934, Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) railroad, “negotiated a $900,000 Public Works Administration loan which would be used to make B & O’s New York-Washington line an industry-wide proving ground for various types of lightweight… read more
Date added: July 29, 2022
In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) lent $900,000 to the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad, which used it to buy 16 streamlined, lightweight train cars and a new diesel locomotive (see our project page, “Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Locomotive… read more
Date added: March 18, 2022
In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) achieved considerable infrastructural and land management improvements at the formerly-named Blackwater Migratory Bird Refuge near Cambridge Maryland. Maintained by the U.S. Biological Survey, the refuge covers an area of 8,241 acres, including marshes… read more
Date added: February 11, 2020
Under the New Deal, the defunct Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal was acquired by the federal government and restored from Georgetown in the District of Columbia (where it enters the Potomac River) to Seneca MD, a distance of 22 miles…. read more
Date added: February 13, 2018
The historic (former) Havre de Grace post office was constructed in 1936 with Treasury Department funds. The building is now privately owned.
Date added: May 14, 2017
“Sites of WPA projects to preserve historic shrines include … Flag House, Maryland.”
Date added: October 4, 2016
The PWA completed this bridge across the Choptank River at Cambridge in 1935. In 1987, a more modern bridge was built, rendering this bridge superfluous. The steel spans were removed, and the two sides now serve as fishing piers.
Date added: October 4, 2016
The PWA, in addition to the WPA, was involved in building the University of Maryland campus. From the United States Community Improvement Appraisal: “The University of Maryland has been the beneficiary of funds furnished by the United States Government through… read more
Date added: August 23, 2016
The historic former Ellicott City post office was constructed ca. 1940 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, presently serves as Howard County’s Tourism & Promotion building.
Date added: August 23, 2016
This 1942 Section of Fine Arts tempera on plaster mural depicts “Scenes of Old Ellicott City.” The mural is 4′ by 12′ and was painted by R. Dunne for what was the then-new (and now former) Ellicott City post office.
Date added: June 6, 2016
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) supplied the labor to conduct repairs to the former Ellicott City Jail. Maryland WPA Project No. 181.
Date added: June 6, 2016
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) reconstructed what was then Pier No. 8 in Baltimore Harbor. Believed destroyed, the exact location of Pier Eight is unknown to Living New Deal. Maryland WPA Project #18.
Date added: June 6, 2016
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement work along Foxville Road, west of Thurmont, MD. Maryland WPA Project #165.
Date added: June 6, 2016
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement and restoration work in Preston Gardens in Baltimore. Work included grading, planting, and the restoration of green space in the park. Maryland WPA Project #16.