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  • North Street Sewer - York PA
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a sewer project on North Street in York, Pennsylvania.
  • School Improvements - Lynch NE
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a project to improve the building and grounds of the school in Lynch, Nebraska, completed Jan. 1934. Norfolk Daily News, Jan. 10, 1934: "The interior of the school building has been repainted, revarnished and redecorated. The hill behind the building has been removed so that the school grounds will look nicer and can be landscaped. A deep trench has been dug around the grounds to lay open all winter and catch moisture. In the spring it is to be planted to shrubbery and trees."
  • East End Draining Project - East Liverpool OH
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted a project involving the "grading and draining of alleys in the district south of the Pennsylvania railroad" in the east end of East Liverpool, Ohio. Work was completed in Jan. 1934.
  • Water Disposal Plant - Sabetha KS
    A water disposal plant in Sabetha, Kansas was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $10,500 grant for the project, whose total cost was $37,776. Construction occurred between Jul. and Dec. 1934. The location and status of this facility is unknown to Living New Deal. (PWA Docket No. KS 2119)
  • Streets - Calhoun GA
    In 1934 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed a Civil Works Administration (CWA) project in Calhoun, Georgia: "work on the streets in Calhoun."
  • Crane Eater School (former) - Calhoun GA
    In 1934 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) completed a Civil Works Administration (CWA) project in Crane Eater, Georgia, about six miles east of Calhoun: a two-room schoolhouse. The location and status of the building is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Butler School (former) Improvements - Riverton Township MI
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted substantial improvement work to what was known as Butler School in Riverton Township, Michigan. The school was located on the "east side of Morton Road, between Chauvez and Kinney roads." The project was detailed in the attached article. The location and status of the school are presently unknown to Living New Deal.
  • East 10th Street Improvements - Bloomsburg PA
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted improvement work on East 10th Street in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
  • School Improvements - Nenana AK
    Per the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) supplied labor toward the following project in Nenana, Alaska in 1934: "The School House at Nenana has just enjoyed a spring cleaning, the interior of the building has been given a fresh coat of kalsomine and paint. Funds from the C.W.A. enabling the work to be done." Old Alma Mater got a coat of calsomine during the past weekend. The school board and the Principal had been trying for some time to get CWA funds with which to repair, paint and calsomine the schoolhouse. Their efforts were finally rewarded, in part...
  • Mill Creek Pool - Olathe KS
    Olathe's municipal website identifies a pool located at the site of the present Mill Creek Pool as a New Deal project: "A swimming pool was built under the Works Progress Administration in 1934. It was located in the City Park at Poplar and Woodland." However, as the WPA didn't come into being until 1935, it is probable that the New Deal organization in question was in fact a precursor agency: the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). More research into this question is needed. Furthermore, it is unclear to Living New Deal whether the original structure has been replaced.
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