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  • Andrew McArdle Bridge Repairs - Boston MA
    A Boston Public Works Department report cited Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) labor as conducting the following work: "Meridian Street Bridge ... was chipped, cleaned and painted. ... Repaving and repairs were made to the approaches of the Meridian Street Bridge ..."
  • Relief Work - Waterville ME
    In 1933, acting under the leadership of Mayor Thayer, the local C.W.A. administrator, various actions were taken to stabilize the finances of the town and reemploy as many people as possible. Reconstruction Finance Corporation Grant Received during 1933: $19,820.75 Among the various project launched: 1-H Sewing project "supervised by Mrs. Blye Drew. Clothing of all kinds has been furnished, through the Poor Department, for the relief of needy persons. More than 400' mackinaws have been made and distributed to minimum paid 'Civil Works employees engaged in outdoor work, in this, the most severe winter we have experienced in a generation." (Thayer) No. 1 J -...
  • Filtration Plant - Newburyport MA
    A water filtration plant construction project in Newburyport, Mass. was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. MA 1033
  • Disposal Plant - Marlborough MA
    A water disposal plant construction project in Marlborough, Mass. was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. MA 760
  • Honey Creek Bridge (Portland Bridge) - Wauwatosa WI
    Concrete and stone arch bridge over Honey Creek on Honey Creek Parkway North of Hwy 18. Built in 1934 as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps. A number of pictures are included on the referenced web page.
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum: Boulton Murals - Washington DC
    Dacre F. Boulton painted two oil-on-canvas murals, "Industrial" and "Winter," for the U.S. Department of Labor in 1933-1934 with funds provided by the Public Works of Art Project of the Treasury Department (PWAP).  The Smithsonian American Art Museum received this and other artworks in the 1960s when they were transferred from federal offices that had previously displayed them.  The Boulton murals are not on display.
  • Old Somervell County Jail - Glen Rose TX
    This old jail served Somervell County for 50 years, before it was closed by the state for not meeting modern jail standards. Built in 1934, funded as a WPA government project during the Depression, as a replacement for the first county jail built in 1884, located on the same site.
  • Town Forest Tree Planting - Carlisle MA
    The Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) conducted tree trimming and tree planting work at Carlisle Town Forest in 1933-4. The Emergency Relief Administration and Works Progress Administration continued work at the site.
  • Road Development - Sudbury MA
    The federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted repair, construction, and general improvement work along Sudbury roads. A large project included the development of farm-to-market roads within the town.
  • Goodnow Library Improvements - Sudbury MA
    The federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) conducted repair work at Goodnow Library in 1934. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) continued the work that year: "The walls were painted, ceilings whitened, floors oiled and a fine window seat built in the juvenile room making that room much lighter and more cheerful. The books are now clean and properly classified and the town can be justly proud of the library."
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