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The Works Progress Administration completed flood control work on Loop Creek, a side channel of the Kanawha River. The project was part of a county-wide flood control effort. The work consisted of widening, straightening, cleaning, and adding depth to the creek channel. Previously, the seasonal flooding had caused property damage in the vicinity of the creek.

Sponsor: County of Mariposa WPA Proj. No. 165-3-1093, December 21, 1936, $7,997. "Widen, drain, and surface road; repair bridge and do other work incidental thereto on Ben Hur Road, Mariposa County, near Mariposa. Not in the Federal Aid Highway System. In addition to projects specifically approved. County owned property." Average Employed 26, months to complete 6, Total Federal and sponsor funds $12,181.

The Works Progress Administration built a sewer system running from East Avenue, Charleston to Montrose Drive, South Charleston. “Construction of brick sewer to connect storm and sanitary sewer with sewer from East avenue to Kanawha river, also to connect under Montrose drive. South Charleston.” East Avenue is now called MacCorkle Avenue. The general location of the project is in the vicinity of the river.

The Works Progress Administration built a retaining wall along Pfeiffer Hollow Road in Charleston. The exact location of the wall is unknown to the Living New Deal. The former Pfeiffer Hollow Road appears to be the same as the present day Hanna Drive.

The front of the High School Sports Stadium in International Falls, MN, features a bold, concrete relief sculpture of 1940's-era athletes created by a Minnesota-born sculptor named Evelyn Raymond. Raymond created the sculpture through the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project.

This one room schoolhouse in the mining town of Mount Bullion got help from the WPA on "Repair school building & excavate & level playground." WPA Proj. No. 65-3-4639, January 30, 1936, $1,287. The school was built in 1900 and operated until 1950. The building is currently used for storage.

Two separate WPA projects were initiated at this school that was built in 1930. Sponsor: El Portal Grammar School District WPA Proj. No. 65-3-3769, December 12, 1935, $2,567 "Painting inside walls, etc., on El Portal Grammar School." WPA Proj. No. 165-3-2074, December 11, 1936, $1,287, "Paint walls, window casings and make minor repairs to El Portal Grammar School, in El Portal, Mariposa County; also excavate and level school yard, repair road entrance and other work incidental thereto. In addition to projects specifically approved. El Portal Grammar School Dist. owned property." In 1963, a new school was constructed further down the road in a...

The Works Progress Administration built a sewer system in Malden, Kanawha County.

This lovely example of Public Works Administration (PWA) Art Deco stands as a source of pride for this small farming community in the Central Valley. Both the PWA and Works Progress Administration (WPA) was involved in construction work on the campus. The High School campus was originally established in 1918. Separately, the Reedley Junior College was established in 1928. "In 1936, a separate building on the Reedley High School campus was built to house the junior college administration and provide additional classrooms." This building later became the main building for the high school when the Junior College was established on...

WPA Proj. No. 605-06-2-80. Total funds $1,480, September 10, 1938. "Improve grounds of the Parlier Union High School in Parlier, Fresno County, including constructing tennis courts, erecting fencing, and performing incidental and appurtenant work. Parlier Union High School District owned property. In addition to projects specifically approved. Average employed 24. Total Federal and Sponsor funds $3,794. Speaking with a facility member, he regretfully informed this researcher that the tennis courts had been removed about 9 years ago for the building of a new gymnasium.