Completion Year: 1934

A water main construction project in East Bank, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $10,600 loan and $3,968 grant toward the $14,568 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Aug. and Oct. 1934. PWA Docket No. 2199

A waterworks construction project in Parsons, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $58,000 loan and $21,652 grant toward the $78,872 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jul. and Nov. 1934. PWA Docket No. 1737

A waterworks construction project in Summersville, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $25,100 loan and $6,946 grant toward the $31,918 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jun. and Nov. 1934. PWA Docket No. 1190

A waterworks construction project in Fayetteville, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $51,700 loan and $15,301 grant toward the $67,159 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jun. and Nov. 1934. PWA Docket No. 1009

The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) constructed a men's gymnasium at what was then known as Appalachian State Teachers College (A.S.T.C.). Work was completed in 1934. The facility, which was located by the site of the current Varsity Gym, has been demolished.

On May 2, 1934, Public Works Administration (PWA) director and Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, “announced today he had signed a contract covering a loan of $36,000 to the Midland Continental Railroad company in North Dakota for the purchase of a new Diesel-electric locomotive” (Argus-Leader, 1934). This PWA-funded locomotive would become No. 310 in Midland Continental Railroad’s (MCR) small roster of equipment.  It would also be the first Diesel-electric engine assigned to road service in the western United States.  Prior to this, diesel locomotives were relegated to “switcher” service (i.e., moving train cars short distances, usually within the confines of...

The Union Creek Historic District on the upper Rogue River in Union Creek, Oregon, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places because it is a fine representative of a type of rustic resort popular in the early 20th century and has been little altered since the 1930s.   There are almost one hundred buildings and other facilities in the Union Creek Historic District, almost all of which conform to the Forest Service plans of the 1920s and 30s.  Roughly a third were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1933 to 1942, working out of the Upper...

The Union Creek Historic District on the upper Rogue River in Union Creek, Oregon, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places because it is a fine representative of a type of rustic resort popular in the early 20th century and has been little altered since the 1930s.  There are almost one hundred buildings and other facilities in the Union Creek Historic District, almost all of which conform to the Forest Service plans of the 1920s and 30s.  Roughly a third were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1933 to 1942, working out of the Upper...

This station was constructed in 1928 near Woodward Park. The two-story beige brick station house was designed by Bem Price and constructed for $13,800 by Charles W. Hall. Station No. 15 held one 750-gallon pumper truck in 1960. It later served as the offices of Partners in Neighborhood Growth. This station was fixed up under a CWA Birmingham Public Buildings 37-C-715 project. These were designated Class “A”, “those needing general minor repairs, having sufficient sound value left in them to justify a thorough repairing, on which buildings was included painting inside and outside where needed, general carpentry repairs, including doors, windows...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the fire lookout tower on Cinnamon Butte in 1934.   Cinnamon Butte lies 5 miles north of Diamond Lake, east of highway 138, and west of the Mt Theilsen Wilderness Area. The lookout tower is 35 feet high with a 14x14 foot observation cabin, all built entirely of wood. This was a standard form and size of lookout tower.  It still stands. The CCC built several fire lookouts for the US Forest Service in Umpqua National Forest, dozens around Oregon and hundreds across the country.