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A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported: “At Aberdeen the “E” Street approach to the Wishkah Street Bridge will be improved through WPA funds totalling $1,277 and an appropriation from the City ef $1,112.50. A WPA crew begins immediately… read more
Date added: December 2, 2012; Modified: October 28, 2014
Grays Harbor water system improvement was one of a number of WPA and PWA projects in Washington State: “At a cost of $97,385 the project greatly improved the water delivery system. The town previously relied on well water that was… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 stated: “To provide employment for needy persons on relief rolls an allotment of $6,900 has been made … for labor in cleaning and renovating public buildings in Tacoma, such as the city hall,… read more
Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: October 28, 2014
One WPA project involved “considerable work to be done in Tacoma on Tacoma Avenue and Cleveland and Hendricks streets,” a project which was “allotted $41,892 of WPA funds and will provide employment fer about 179 men to be taken from… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 stated: “Construction of bridle paths, rustic bridges and general landscaping in Puget Park, Tacoma, is scheduled under a WPA allotment of $7,416. The project started operating this week.”
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that “East Wenatchee will receive $19,390” in WPA funds “for a sanitary sewer system …”
Date added: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that “White Salmon, Klickitat County, was granted $7,683 for the reconstruction of their water supply system.”
Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: October 28, 2014
“Federal approval of Tacoma’s city-wide WPA sewer improvement project providing employment for more than 560 men, was announced today [Nov. 12, 1937] by Don G. Abel, state WPA director. The WPA allotment accounts to $95,776 to which the city of… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced: A project, “giving employment to 150 men, will operate in Seattle cleaning up Smith Cove Piers 40 and 41. It is designed to lead the way to the modernization of these two… read more
Date added: December 2, 2012; Modified: October 28, 2014
“Constructed in just 18 months, the first bridge across Lake Washington opened on July 2, 1940. Funded partly by the Public Works Administration, the pontoon bridge was an engineering marvel, the longest floating span in the world at that time…. read more
Date added: October 28, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced: A project “expected to swing into action December 20, is financed by a WPA grant of $174,763, and will provide the City of Vancouver, Wash. with an entirely rebuilt domestic water system… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: October 28, 2014
“The Highlands Museum and Biological Laboratory, Inc. opened its first research laboratory in 1931. The Sam T. Weyman Memorial Laboratory, designed by Oscar Stonorov with Tucker & Howell, architects, received acclaim as the first example of the International Style of… read more
Date added: October 27, 2014
The University of Washington’s Husky Stadium was expanded during the 1930s as a result of WPA funding assistance and efforts. A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced $23,345 in funds for the site and described some of the work: “A… read more
Date added: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that a water mains project in Wenatchee was allocated $50,355 in WPA funds.
Date added: October 27, 2014; Modified: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that a road project on Whidbey Island received $23,002 in WPA funds.