Verdugo Wash, Canada Blvd Bridge – Glendale CA
Date added: September 16, 2013; Modified: September 16, 2013
A concrete bridge over the Verdugo Wash constructed by the Army Corp. of Engineers in 1938.
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A concrete bridge over the Verdugo Wash constructed by the Army Corp. of Engineers in 1938.
Date added: September 16, 2013; Modified: September 16, 2013
A very rare Vierendeel pony truss bridge over Verdugo Wash on Kenilworth Avenue in Glendale Ca. built by the Army Corp. of Engineers.
Date added: September 16, 2013; Modified: September 16, 2013
A 100 ft riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss bridge over the Verdugo Wash.
Date added: September 16, 2013
The Verdugo Wash Bridge is the first significant bridge on US 99 north of downtown Los Angeles. It is a steel girder structure built in 1939 by the US Army Corp of Engineers. The Verdugo Wash was lined with concrete… read more
Date added: September 15, 2013
This large park and fountain, two miles north of the Brown campus, were erected by the WPA in 1935-37 and 1940 respectively.
Date added: June 9, 2012; Modified: September 13, 2013
A WPA wall located along along the West side of Sunset Boulevard, near North Benton Way. Several WPA plaques adorn the wall, including some that have been recently incorporated into graffiti-murals.
Date added: January 26, 2013; Modified: September 13, 2013
The post office contains a 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural by Wendell Jones entitled “First Pulpit in Granville.” Granville is the home of Denison University and was the first Baptist College west of the Allegheny Mountains. The mural emphasizes… read more
Date added: September 9, 2013
Large park that was developed into a municipal park at the end of CCC Company 3731’s tenure in Fulton. The company had used the land where the park was developed for their quarters, primarily doing agriculture work such as terracing,… read more
Date added: July 18, 2013; Modified: September 9, 2013
These football field bleachers were constructed of native rock in the valley by the CCC, Company 3747 which was based in Paris from 1935-1939. During that time, their primary work was agricultural terracing and drainage improvement.
Date added: December 4, 2011; Modified: September 9, 2013
“This structure replaces an old high-school building which had become inadequate to care for the student body of 1,200. The building contains 32 classrooms, an auditorium, boys’ and girls’ gymnasiums, administrative offices, a library, domestic science rooms, shops, a study… read more
Date added: November 18, 2012; Modified: August 20, 2013
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Lake George” painted by Judson Smith in 1942.
Date added: July 18, 2013; Modified: August 20, 2013
This is an excellent example of the clean, rounded lines of art deco architecture used in a large municipal auditorium that was recently restored and brought back to its original appearance. Ludwig Abt also designed the school in nearby Renick…. read more
Date added: August 26, 2011; Modified: August 20, 2013
Sacramento’s fire alarm system was modernized by the WPA. This building in Winn Park was the system’s central office.
Date added: August 15, 2013
“Shelbina boasts a beautiful city lake, built in 1936 as a WPA project, to serve as the city’s water reservoir. A second WPA project begun in 1941, added picnic tables, landscaping, shelter houses, and a 9 hole golf course. The… read more
Date added: August 15, 2013
“Shelbina boasts a beautiful city lake, built in 1936 as a WPA project, to serve as the city’s water reservoir. A second WPA project begun in 1941, added picnic tables, landscaping, shelter houses, and a 9 hole golf course. The… read more