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Contractor: Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company

Cotton Plant Water Tower – Cotton Plant AR

“The Cotton Plant water tower is a historic elevated steel water tower located in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. It was built in 1935 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in conjunction with the Public Works Administration as part of a project… read more

Project type: Water supply, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

De Valls Bluff Waterworks – De Valls Bluff AR

“The De Valls Bluff Waterworks is a historic public water supply facility at Rumbaugh and Hazel Streets in De Valls Bluff, Arkansas. It contains a 1930s-era elevated steel water tower, built in 1936 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in… read more

Project type: Water supply, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Keiser Water Tower – Keiser AR

“The Keiser Water Tower is a historic waterworks facility at Water and East Main Street in Keiser, Arkansas. It is an open metal structure, several stories high, with a roughly cylindrical tank at the top, and a rising through the… read more

Project type: Water supply, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Middle Bridge – Dresden ME

The Middle Bridge is 296 foot Warren (Riveted) Through Truss bridge that carries Route 197 (Patterson Road) over the Eastern River in Dresden Maine. The Middle Bridge was completed in 1936 to replace a previous bridge after the Flood of… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)

Mineral Springs Waterworks – Mineral Springs AR

“The Mineral Springs Waterworks is a historic site located in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. It contains a good example of a 1930s-era elevated steel water tower, built in 1936 by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company in conjunction with the Public Works… read more

Project type: Water supply, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

State Highway 9 Bridge at the Llano River – Mason TX

On June 14, 1935, a devastating flood washed out the two truss spans and the center pier of the 1930 bridge of State Highway 9 across the Llano River in Mason County, Texas. The Texas Highway Department considered the reconstruction… read more

Project type: Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)

Water Works System – Blue Mountain MS

A water system was approved for Blue Mountain 07/21/1936 as PWA project W1005. A loan of $20,000 and grant of $16,363 was approved and bids advertised in September 1936. Contract was awarded 11/03/1936 to the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company and… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

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