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    Lake Halbert Dam, Corsicana, TX

    Lake Halbert Dam Repairs – Corsicana TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    The Works Progress Administration rebuilt the dam impounding Lake Halbert, near Corsicana, Texas, in a project completed in 1936. The work involved “extensive rock riprapping.”

    Road Improvements – Gorman TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as underway in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was the following: “At Gorman, four blocks of surfacing and 3,000 feet of street repairs are 70 per cent complete…. read more

    School Improvements – Carbon TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was the following: “Improvements and repairs have been completed on a Carbon school building and grounds at a cost of… read more

    Road Paving – Eastland TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as underway in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was the following: “Surfacing and retopping of nine miles of streets in Eastland is 90 per cent complete. Sixty-five men… read more

    Road Improvements – Ranger TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as underway in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was the following: “Graveling of approximately 75 miles of street is 95 per cent finished at Ranger. The work has… read more

    Facility Development and Repairs – Ranger TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was “Repairs on a girls’ dormitory and finishing of an auditorium and recreation building [in] Ranger, at a total cost… read more

    School Repairs – Cisco TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was “repairs on a ward school building” in Cisco, Texas. “Building repairs, including a new concrete foundation, painting and refinishing… read more

    Lake Cisco-Area Park Improvements – Cisco TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was “park Improvements” in Cisco, Texas. “Lake Improvements consisted of clearing the creek channel below the dam and swimming pool,… read more

    Cisco, TX: State Fish Hatchery

    State Fish Hatchery (former) Improvements – Cisco TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in a Abilene Daily Reporter article from June 14, 1936 was “installation of a water system at the fish hatchery” in Cisco, Texas. “The hatchery water system was installed at… read more

    Water Treatment Plant Development – Cisco TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    “With several WPA projects completed work has been started at Cisco on a $30000 water treatment plant, that city’s most important public works undertaking. Forty-five men are employed on the project During construction the city Is using raw water from… read more

    County Warehouse – Fabens TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as in progress in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was the “construction of a county warehouse at Fabens.” The location and status of this project are presently unknown… read more

    Recreation Center – Fabens TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as in progress in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was the “construction of a recreational center at Fabens.” The location and status of this project are presently unknown… read more

    Rio Vista Farm (former) Development – Socorro TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as underway in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was “the County Farm building program, which will provide 13 permanent structures.” NPS.gov: “The facility, established as the El Paso… read more

    School of Mines (UTEP) Development – El Paso TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022; Modified: May 24, 2022

    Multiple New Deal agencies financed or conducted development or improvement work at what was then known as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy at El Paso (or “School of Mines”), now the University of Texas at El Paso. The… read more

    Carolina Drive Paving – El Paso TX

    Date added: May 24, 2022

    Among the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects identified as completed in an El Paso Times article from June 7, 1936 was “Hard-surfacing of Carolina Drive and Buford Way, Lower Valley, distance of 6.6 miles, $22,512.92. Living New Deal is unclear… read more