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Comet Train – Boston MA

Comet train, Boston MA to Providence RI service.

In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) loaned the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company $7 million for equipment repair, new track installation, and new equipment purchases.  Among the new purchases was the $250,000 Comet, a streamlined Diesel-electric… read more

Project type: Mass Transportation, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Dupont Gym – Dupont IN

Exterior of the Dupont gym

Now (2023) apparently unused, but still owned by Madison (Indiana) Consolidated Schools. Gym was built by WPA in 1938 behind the 1926 Lancaster Township Grade and High School. School was replaced with a new building attached to the gym.

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Avalon School – Uintah County UT

Avalon School (also known as Randlett School)

We often think of New Projects as going smoothly, but Avalon School is an exception. The educational situation in the Ouray Valley had stuggled: schools and boarding schools had been built beginning in 1885 for the Uncompahgre Ute people but… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Kinston High School – Kinston AL

Kinston High School - Kinston AL

Kinston High School, located in Kinston, Alabama (Southwest Coffee County) was built by the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1939.

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Vernon Gym – Vernon IN

Front of Vernon Gym

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Vernon Gym in Vernon IN. Originally K-12 school with a gymnasium. Now a community building offering classroom and studio space and the gymnasium.  

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Jordan High School Renovation – Los Angeles CA

Jordan High School – Los Angeles CA

David Starr Jordan High School, established in 1925, was renovated with $347,032 in funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The work was completed in 1935. The PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in January… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Wasatch Elementary (Demolished) – Clearfield UT

Wasatch Elementary

Clearfield hosted the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot during WWII. Thus, their schools were full to bursting, and not only was Wasatch Elementary built for the Davis County School District, but several other “Emergency Schools” were built in local war housing… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station – Samoa CA

Samoa Peninsula / Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station - Samoa CA

The Humboldt Bay Life-Saving Station, a U.S. Coast Guard base on the Samoa Peninsula. Built in 1936-37 with New Deal funds, it replaced an earlier base on the peninsula, and is still in service. A National Park Service survey states,… read more

Project type: Federal Facilities, Forestry and Agriculture, Ranger Stations
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

75th Street Elementary School – Los Angeles CA

Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary, which opened in 1922, was rebuilt with a grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The work was done sometime in 1934-35. In January 1934, the PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District for… read more

Project type: Schools, Education and Health
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Sepulveda Dam – Van Nuys CA

Sepulveda Dam – Van Nuys CA

The Sepulveda Dam in Van Nuys, California (in the San Fernando Valley) was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1941 as part of an enormous flood-control project on the Los Angeles River, following the latest major flood on… read more

Project type: Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Army Corps of Engineers, Federal & Military Operations, Work Relief Programs
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