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The WPA funded the removal of 33 miles of trolley tracks in New York City (The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition). This image shows "WPA workers removing old street car tracks on Fourth Avenue . Picture shows 16th Street facing South" c. 1936 (WPA).

In February 1935, the Hartington city council passed an ordinance to issue $16,000.00 in bonds to pay its share of the cost of the city sewage disposal plant which was completed in the fall of 1934 by the PWA. The bonds, carrying four percent interest and running for twenty years, were used to take up city warrants to pay for the plant. The PWA's share of the cost amounted to about $4,000.00, and completed the retirement of the warrants. The total cost of the sewage plant was $19,047.15, of which the PWA paid thirty percent. The exact location and current status...

In late 1934, Wauneta had a substantial fund saved from the earnings of its municipal water system. Plans were drawn by a local architect for a building measuring fifty feet by twenty-five feet to provide space for the municipal offices, library, fire department and jail. The building was designed to allow a later addition of a second story for an auditorium. In the middle of January, 1935, a small crew of relief laborers started razing the old fire hall and pump house. The building was carefully dismantled in order to salvage as much material as possible for use in the...

This two-story, red-brick building, was funded by the PWA with a $9,395 grant, and constructed by the WPA.

The Camden post office contains a 1938 Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural by John H. Fyfe entitled "Mail Delivery to Tranquility - The first post office in Benton County."

Construction of this 7-acre park began in 1935 and was completed in the 1940s with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

This building was constructed beginning in 1938 with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).  

Improvements to this 11-acre site was completed in 1936, with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).    

The park includes a 232-acre tract of land owned by the township. Established in 1927 for use by township residents, it was renovated with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The clubhouse is one of the area's finest examples of period architecture.

This 80-acre park was completed with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).