Street Improvements – Whidbey Island WA
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.
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Street Improvements – Bellingham WA
Date added: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported: “The largest project scheduled to begin next week [in Washington State] is the Bellingham street improvement work with W.P.A. aid totaling $63,348.”
Street Improvements – Blaine WA
Date added: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that “a street and alley project gets underway at Blaine with $25.756 from W.P.A.”
Port Orchard Park Improvements – Port Orchard WA
Date added: October 27, 2014; Modified: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that “Foot-paths are included in ground improvements for the Port Orchard Park with $1,207.” It is likely that this park is now the facility known as Veterans Memorial Park.
Water System Improvements – Poulsbo WA
Date added: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that “Two Poulsbo projects, one for sidewalks and the other for water system improvement,” received $5,919 in WPA assistance.
WPA Sidewalks – Poulsbo WA
Date added: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that “Two Poulsbo projects, one for sidewalks and the other for water system improvement,” received $5,919 in WPA assistance.
Street Improvements – Pe Ell WA
Date added: October 27, 2014; Modified: October 27, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 reported that “Pe Ell started a street project with $6,880 from W.P.A. funds.”
Main Street Railway Bridge Underpass – Greenwood MS
Date added: October 27, 2014; Modified: October 27, 2014
The Greenwood underpass, or railway bridge cross #300721D, was “built to allow traffic on Main Street to pass under the railroad tracks of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad” ( Greenwood Underpass, 2011). The project also re-routed US 49 and… read more
Waterfront Facilities – Gulfport MS
Date added: March 3, 2014; Modified: October 27, 2014
Mississippi Project 1102 “undertook a considerable program of improving its waterfront facilities and harbor for small craft, including slips and pier with recreational features, a clubhouse, swimming pool, and tennis courts” (Short & Stanley-Brown, 1939, p. 424). Miss Proj. 1419… read more
Washington Crossing Historic Park – New Hope PA
Date added: March 18, 2013; Modified: October 27, 2014
“Washington Crossing Historic Park is a 500-acre site operated by The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in partnership with the Friends Of Washington Crossing Park. The park is divided into two sections. One section of the park, the “lower park,”… read more
West Prospect Street Sewers – Seattle WA
Date added: October 26, 2014; Modified: October 27, 2014
“A Seattle sewer project, at West Prospect [Street] and Van Buren [location unknown] was allotted $1,140” in WPA funds in late 1937.
Magnolia Bluff Sewers – Seattle WA
Date added: October 26, 2014
A WPA-sponsored project improved sewers in the Magnolia Bluff neighborhood of Seattle. The project, which received $2,135 in WPA funds, provided work for 16 men for two months.
Street Paving – Auburn WA
Date added: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 states: “An Auburn street paving project begins this week, giving 175 men jobs for nine months with a W.P.A. allotment of $93.509.”
Water System Improvements – Seattle WA
Date added: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 states: “Don G. Abel, State Director of the Works Progress Administration today announced approval of a $148,458 project to improve the water distribution system in the Kenwood district, in Seattle. More than 200… read more
WPA Sidewalks – Camas WA
Date added: October 26, 2014
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 states: “a project scheduled to begin December 20 calls for construction of sidewalks and curbs along public thoroughfares throughout the city. A WPA allotment of $9,049 augmented by $5,952 in city funds will… read more