Public Works Administration (PWA) Sites

The Public Works Administration (PWA) undertook a public utilities project in Rayne, Louisiana during the Great Depression. The cost of the project was $86,169.

Mississippi Project 1102 "undertook a considerable program of improving its waterfront facilities and harbor for small craft, including slips and pier with recreational features, a clubhouse, swimming pool, and tennis courts" (Short & Stanley-Brown, 1939, p. 424). Miss Proj. 1419 provided improvements for "ocean-going vessels consist of a wharf 45 by 1, 790 feet with three lines of railroad tracks, and the warehouse 122 by 1,760 composed of eight compartments" (p. 425).

Portland’s morning newspaper, The Oregonian, announced in late January 1936 that the city’s Seawall Railing was nearing completion, bringing with it a harbor line that was “beautified and protect(ed).” The ornamental, reinforced concrete railings added 3 ½ feet to the harbor wall along a stretch of the Willamette River from Jefferson Street to the Steel Bridge.  Approximately every 100 feet, heavy bases had been added to allow for ornamental light standards along the wall. Federal relief funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided $60,000 for the completion, employing approximately 100 Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers. Planning for the harbor...

"This bridge is part of a street construction program undertaken to allow traffic passing through the city to bypass the congested business area. The project consisted of the construction of approximately 11,300 feet of highway connecting Roosevelt Avenue at one end with Houghton Avenue at the other, the construction of a rigid frame bridge at State Street with ramps up to State Street, and the construction of the Watershops Pond Bridge illustrated on this page. This bridge has steel girders and concrete spans with hung arches and stone facing on concrete piers and abutments resting on pile foundations. The total length...

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Watertown Auditorium. The facility has two basketball and volleyball courts. It also has a stage with theater seating. For years it was used for rec league basketball and volleyball leagues and youth basketball camps and tournaments.

A waterworks construction project in Albion, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 2771

A waterworks construction project in Ansted, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $22,000 loan and $17,895 grant toward the $39,889 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Apr. and Aug. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1050-R

A waterworks construction project in Barstow, Texas was undertaken in 1938-9 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. The P.W.A. provided a $31,000 loan and $25,363 grant for the project, whose total cost was $55,967. It is likely that Barstow's current water tower, located on San Marcos Street between Mackey and Briggs, was constructed at this time. P.W.A. Docket No. TX 1641

A waterworks construction project in Beaver City, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 4972

A waterworks construction project in Belington, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $34,500 loan and $11,103 grant toward the $43,229 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Feb. and Sept. 1935. PWA Docket No. 989

The PWA constructed this waterworks facility in Braymer with funds appropriated in 1938. The PWA also did extensive sewer construction in Braymer. From the Daily Capital News, Juney 23, 1938: The Public Works Administration began its 1938 spending-lending program today with allotments of $41,632,717 in grants and $9,021,000 of loans for 291 projects. Howard A. Gray, assistant administrator, said the 291 projects would involve $92,520,374 of construction... The allotments included: Braymer, Mo., waterworks, $31,090; Braymer, Mo., sewer system, $22,091; Kansas City, Mo., municipal bldg:, $443,623; King City, Mo., sewer, $29,250; Kirksville, Mo., paving, $204,545; Leadwood, Mo., gymnasium, $30,240; Milan, Mo., courthouse, $56,454...

A waterworks construction project in Bridgeport, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $10,000 loan and $3,493 grant toward the $13,649 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Aug. 1934 and Jan. 1935. PWA Docket No. 2761

A waterworks construction project in Broken Bow, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $24,000 loan and $10,000 grant for the project, whose total cost was $35,375. PWA Docket No. 6127

A waterworks construction project in Buffalo, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $17,000 loan and $13,504 grant toward the $30,127 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Feb. and Jul. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1046-R

A waterworks construction project in Cairo, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $5,900 loan and $2,077 grant toward the $7,947 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jan. and May 1935. PWA Docket No. 5610

A waterworks construction project in Campbell, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 1025

A waterworks construction project in Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 6559

A waterworks construction project in Clay, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $20,000 loan and $16,039 grant toward the $35,709 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Oct. 1935 and Mar. 1936. PWA Docket No. 2222

A waterworks development project in Copeland, Kansas was undertaken in 1934 with Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) funds. P.W.A. Docket No. Kansas 4309

A waterworks construction project in Covington, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $37,575 grant for the project, whose total cost was $80,230. Work occurred between January and October 1937. (PWA Docket No. VA W1158)

A waterworks construction project in Danville, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $18,860 loan and $7,279 grant toward the $26,224 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Nov. 1934 and Feb. 1935. PWA Docket No. 1635

A waterworks construction project in David City, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 3739

A waterworks construction project in Dodge, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 3536

A waterworks construction project in DuBois, Pennsylvania was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. X2117.

A waterworks improvement project in Fairmont, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $24,618 grant toward the $55,422 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Dec. 1935 and Aug. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1055-R

A waterworks improvement project in Fairview, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $9,000 loan and $7,372 grant toward the $16,384 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Feb. and Aug. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1026-R

A sanitary sewer construction project in Falls City, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 1434

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

A waterworks construction project in Fort Gay, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $20,000 loan and $16,200 grant toward the $36,624 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Mar. and Jul. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1035-R

A waterworks construction project in Franklin, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $27,000 loan and $22,172 grant toward the $50,354 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jun. 1936 and Feb. 1937. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1013-R

A waterworks construction project in Georgetown, Mass. was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. MA 1551

A waterworks construction project in Glasgow, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $22,000 loan and $7,225 grant toward the $28,415 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jan. and May 1935. PWA Docket No. 2436

A waterworks construction project in Gordon, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a grant of $13,091 for the project, whose total cost is $32,363. PWA Docket No. 1003

A waterworks construction project in Gothenburg, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. PWA Docket No. 2054

The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of waterworks in Hampden ME in 1938. The PWA provided $58,950 while the Hampden Water District's contribution consisted of a bond issue of $140,000. Excerpt from the Bangor Daily News, 1938: "Standpipe In Hampden Has Been Completed Has Capacity of 370,000 Gallons; An Unusual Test Made The erection of the standpipe for the Hampden Water District, financed by the Public Works Administration, was completed Thursday, Inspector H. S. Yergey, resident engineer, announced yesterday. The steel standpipe is thirty feet in diameter, seventy-five feet high, and has a capacity of 370,000 gallons. A departure from the usual riveted...

The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work on a waterworks project in Hanalei on Kauai. The PWA grant amounted to $13,500, and the work was carried out in 1938. The project, listed as Docket No. TH-1090-F, was part of the PWA’s non-federal projects expenditure for the Territory of Hawaii for 1938-1939.

The PWA funded the construction of these buildings for the Heber City waterworks, contracted by E.K. Ferguson & Sons of nearby Spanish Fork. It is unclear if the buildings survive, but they cannot be discerned from satellite imagery. Based on Google Street view imagery, the original photo appears to have been taken facing west northwest at the edge of town, consistent with the current location of the city's water department.

The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded new construction or improvement work for waterworks projects in Honolulu. The PWA grant amounted to $366,750. The work was carried out in 1938. The project, listed as Docket No. TH-1063-F, was part of the PWA’s non-federal projects expenditures for the Territory of Hawaii for 1938-1939.

A waterworks construction project in Howard City, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a grant of $9,091 for the project, whose total cost is $22,719. PWA Docket No. 1015

A waterworks construction project in Hurricane, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $38,000 loan and $12,900 grant toward the $50,513 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Jun. and Dec. 1935. PWA Docket No. 1426