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Pennsylvania State Route 917 in Washington County was developed from a dirt road as a WPA project. A WPA laborer who worked on the project told Washington, PA’s Observer-reporter: “There was an old stone quarry on the old Jacobs Farm… read more
Date added: June 3, 2014
Washington, Pennsylvania’s Washington Park bears a stone pavilion that was built by the WPA.
Date added: June 2, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was “electrical rewiring of [the] municipal building” in Turtle Creek. Additional work in the town involved “surveys for flood control and sewage disposal.” The Federal… read more
Date added: June 2, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was the “repaving and recurbing streets and alleys and installing sewer connections” in Sharpsburg. The Federal government allocated $50,968 for the project and local sponsors… read more
Date added: June 2, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was the “construction of gutters and drains; grading road in Skyline boulevard, Renziehausen park” in McKeesport. The Federal government allocated $13,080 for the project and… read more
Date added: June 2, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was “increasing [the] width of roadway in Snowden township.” (Snowden is an unincorporated community within South Park Township.) The Federal government allocated $3,688 for the… read more
Date added: June 1, 2014; Modified: June 1, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was “completion of the Monongahela-Elizabeth Road, Forward township.” The project was to be completed at a cost of $6,380 to the Federal government, with $2,914… read more
Date added: June 1, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was the “completion of [the] storm sewer system” in Clairton, PA. The project was to be completed at a cost of $1,283 to the Federal… read more
Date added: June 1, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was the “grading, paving and curbing of East End avenue” in eastern Pittsburgh. The Federal government allocated $1,818 for the project and local sponsors contributed… read more
Date added: June 1, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was “improvements and repairs at Josephine and Chicora streets school building” in East McKeesport, PA. The Federal government allocated $4,600 for the project and local… read more
Date added: June 1, 2014
Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was the “construction of brick gutter and grade street crossings” in Glassport, PA. The Federal government allocated $4,780 for the project and local sponsors contributed… read more
Date added: June 1, 2014
Among the 26 WPA projects in Allegheny County approved in Sept. 1935 were two allocations for improvements to South Park, which lies about 10 miles south of downtown Pittsburgh. The allocations were approved for “construction of a grandstand,” for which… read more
Date added: May 16, 2014
Philadelphia’s only covered bridge, which spans Wissahickon Creek in Wissahickon Valley Park, was “rebuilt as part of the Works Progress Administration.”
Date added: July 17, 2012; Modified: May 16, 2014
“Fairmount Park has several WPA buildings in its repertoire. Not sure what WPA stands for? Think back to the Depression. Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a Federal program during the 1930’s which put unemployed men back to work. Thousands of… read more
Date added: May 13, 2014; Modified: May 14, 2014
A 1941 Section of Fine Arts-funded wooden relief titled “The Moravian Communion – Lititz Springs Picnic” was carved by Joseph Nicolosi and hangs in the post office lobby.