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    Santee Cooper Project – SC

    Date added: August 7, 2023

    The colossal Santee Cooper Project in South Carolina was enabled by a $31 million grant-loan by the Public Works Administration (PWA), “the most expensive PWA project on the East Coast.” A state law enabling the project was passed years before… read more

    Lake Moultrie Dam and Power Plant – Pinopolis SC

    Date added: August 7, 2023

    The dam impounding Lake Moultrie was constructed as part of the massive Santee Cooper Project enabled by a $31 million grant-loan by the Public Works Administration (PWA). South Carolina Encyclopedia: “In 1941 President Roosevelt declared the Santee Cooper a defense… read more

    Lake Marion Dam – SC

    Date added: August 7, 2023

    The eight-mile-long dam impounding Lake Marion was constructed as part of the massive Santee Cooper Project enabled by a $31 million grant-loan by the Public Works Administration (PWA).

    Diversion Canal Land Clearing – SC

    Date added: August 7, 2023

    Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers worked to clear land in preparation for the creation of a seven-mile diversion canal that would connect Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie, part of the Santee Cooper Project. South Carolina Encyclopedia: “Following a four-year court… read more

    Lake Marion Land Clearing – SC

    Date added: August 7, 2023

    Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers worked to clear land in preparation for the creation of the 155-square-mile Lake Marion, part of the Santee Cooper Project. South Carolina Encyclopedia: “Following a four-year court battle, construction began in 1939. At its peak,… read more

    Lake Moultrie Land Clearing – SC

    Date added: August 7, 2023

    Works Progress Administration (WPA) laborers worked to clear land in preparation for the creation of the 95-square-mile Lake Moultrie, part of the Santee Cooper Project. South Carolina Encyclopedia: “Following a four-year court battle, construction began in 1939. At its peak,… read more

    Donalds Grange No 497 - Donalds 

    Donalds Grange No. 497 – Donalds SC

    Date added: July 31, 2022

    Fieldstone structure built by the Works Progress Administration in 1935 for grange meetings. Also has been used as a city hall and library. Still in use as a grange hall. According to Brian Scott (The Historical Marker Database) “Construction in… read more

    “Cleveland Park swimming pool, 1951”

    Cleveland Park Swimming Pool – Greenville SC

    Date added: June 5, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a swimming pool in Greenville’s Cleveland Park between 1939 and 1940. The city officially dedicated the pool on June 26, 1940. The total cost of the project amounted to $63,000. Children paid a dime… read more

    Robert Mills Manor – Charleston SC

    Date added: May 17, 2022

    By the early twentieth century, the area that would become the Robert Mills Manor site consisted of a large assemblage of dilapidated late-19th and early-20th century residences and tenements surrounding the county’s jail on the corner of Franklin and Magazine… read more

    Wade Hampton State Office Building

    Wade Hampton State Office Building – Columbia SC

    Date added: February 14, 2022

    The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Wade Hampton State Office Building in Columbia SC. According to Historic Columbia, “This structure was built using funds from the federal Public Works Administration to alleviate the state’s constant need for office… read more

    Navy Yard Improvements (repurposed) – Charleston SC

    Date added: February 12, 2022

    “The Charleston Naval Base provided defense for the United States from its formation in 1901 to its closure in 1996. Originally designated as the Navy Yard and later as the Naval Base it had a large impact upon the local… read more

    Exterior of WPA Berkeley County Library

    Berkeley County Library – Moncks Corner SC

    Date added: March 17, 2021

    It served as the Berkeley County Library from 1938 to 1970. The building was moved from Library Street around the corner to 221 First Street in 1969 and continued to serve customers until the grand opening of the new library… read more

    Municipal Waterworks – Moncks Corner SC

    Date added: January 14, 2021

    The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Public Works Administration funded the construction of municipal waterworks in Moncks Corner SC. Before the waterworks construction, the townspeople of Moncks Corner relied on individual electric pumps and wells for their water supply.

    Spartanburg Municipal Airport – Spartanburg SC

    Date added: May 7, 2019

    The Spartanburg Municipal Airport opened in 1927. The Civil Works Administration graded the field, erected two runways and completed a new lighting system in 1933-1934. Work was noted to be started by 22 December 1933 and was to be completed… read more