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  • Airport (former) - Fort Kent ME
    The W.P.A. developed the former Fort Kent Municipal Airport. W.P.A. project info: "Construct Fort Kent Municipal Airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐11‐99 Total project cost: $486,000.00 Sponsor: Town of Fort Kent As of 2023, this airfield is in use. It was abandoned up until about 2019. While the field was abandoned, there were no facilities and only a dilapidated shed that had been used by a crop dusting company. The owners have started rebuilding the field and expect to have the field in good enough condition for the FAA to designate it as an emergency backup field.  The grass runway is now 2450’ x 85’ and is clear...
  • Airport (former) - Manchester VT
    Town reports for Manchester, Vermont reveal that federal funds and labor went toward the development of a local airport in 1934. 25 men were put to work on the project. There is no longer an active airport in the community; the location of the former facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Airport (former) Development - Baggs WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airstrip at Shoshoni, Wyoming, created by "grubbing sagebrush and clearing field." A 1950s map shows an airport south of town, at the coordinates below.
  • Airport (former) Development - Chugwater WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport for Chugwater, Wyoming. The location and status of the facility are unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Airport (former) Development - Farson WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport for Farson, Wyoming. There was a landing strip south of the community at the coordinates below.
  • Airport (former) Development - Kaycee WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport for Kaycee, Wyoming. The location and status of the facility are unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Airport (former) Development - Lysite WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airstrip at Lysite, Wyoming, created by "grubbing sagebrush and clearing field." The location and status of the facility are unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Airport (former) Development - Rock Springs WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to improve what was then the airport for Rock Springs, Wyoming. Located about five miles north of Rock Springs, the airport is no longer extant; it was replaced in 1942 by what is now known as Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport.
  • Airport (former) Improvements - Worcester MA
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve a municipal airport for Worcester, Mass. It is unclear whether this site is what is now Worcester Regional Airport, or a since-eliminated facility in North Grafton, Mass. Living New Deal suspects that it's the latter facility , given as Worcester Regional Airport construction is said to have not started until 1944; at that point in time the WPA had been liquidated. WPA project details: "Improve airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐14‐486 Total project cost: $262,563.00 Sponsor: Mayor, City of Worcester
  • Airport Development - Allentown PA
    The W.P.A. helped to develop what was then known as the Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton airport, now Lehigh Valley International Airport. Wikipedia: "The airport hangar served as the passenger terminal; the first terminal building at the airport was built in 1938 as a Works Projects Administration (WPA) project."
  • Airport Development - Big Piney WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport for Big Piney, Wyoming.
  • Airport Development - Claremont NH
    The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted a development / improvement program at what is now known Claremont Municipal Airport. "Develop and improve municipal airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐13‐18 Total project cost: $118,235.00 Sponsor: War Department "Improve airport" Official Project Number: 265‐1‐13‐13 Total project cost: $101,719.00 Sponsor: Town Board of Selectmen "Develop airport" Official Project Number: 265‐1‐13‐2 Total project cost: $93,979.00 Sponsor: Town Board of Selectmen
  • Airport Development - Cokeville WY
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to develop the municipal airport in Cokeville, Wyoming.
  • Airport Development - Dubois WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop Dubois, Wyoming's municipal airport.
  • Airport Development - Glendo WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport in Glendo, Wyoming. The location and status of the facility are unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Airport Development - Helena MT
    The W.P.A. worked to develop what is now known as Helena Regional Airport, in Helena, Montana. W.P.A. project info: "Improve municipal airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐91‐168 Total project cost: $201,345.00 Sponsor: City of Helena "Improve municipal airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐91‐71 Total project cost: $169,951.00 Sponsor: City of Helena
  • Airport Development - Kemmerer WY
    The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) worked to develop the municipal airport in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
  • Airport Development - Manchester IA
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted work to develop Manchester, Iowa's municipal airport.
  • Airport Development - Meeteetse WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport for Meeteetse, Wyoming. Work here and in other nearby cities "promised to open that region to air traffic." The location and status of the facility is unknown to Living New Deal.
  • Airport Development - Missoula MT
    The W.P.A. worked to develop what is now known as Missoula International Airport, in Montana. W.P.A. project info: "Develop and improve airport" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐91‐34 Total project cost: $928,324.00 Sponsor: Missoula County
  • Airport Development - North Platte NE
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted work at what is now North Platte Regional Airport. "Project 996" involved "levelling land" at the airport.
  • Airport Development - Powell WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airport for Powell, Wyoming, likely Powell Municipal Airport eight miles north of the community. Work here and in other nearby cities "promised to open that region to air traffic."
  • Airport Development - Shoshoni WY
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked to construct / develop an airstrip at Shoshoni, Wyoming, created by "grubbing sagebrush and clearing field." The facility is likely Shoshoni Municipal Field.
  • Airport Hangar - Goodland KS
    The Civil Works Administration built an airport hangar at the Goodland Airport in 1934 in Goodland KS. According to NW Kansas, "ecords from the Sherman County Herald and Goodland Republic show the cost of the entire airport when built was $42,783. In January 1934, the city received $27,000 to begin clearing the ground for three runways, using 70 men hired by the Civil Works Administration."
  • Airport Improvements - Billings MT
    The W.P.A. worked to improve what is now known as Billings Logan International Airport, in Montana. W.P.A. project info: “Make improvements to municipal airport” Official Project Number: 165‐1‐91‐66 Total project cost: $295,767.00 Sponsor: City of Billings
  • Airport Improvements - Cordova AK
    The Works Progress Administration contributed $2,306 toward the construction of the airfied in Cordova, Alaska. Formerly operating as the Cordova Army Airfield, the airfield was subsequently closed. The airfield was redeveloped and today serves as the state-owned, public-use Cordova Municipal Airport.
  • Akron Falls Park - Akron NY
    Multiple New Deal agencies are cited as having contributed to the development of Akron Falls Park, including the C.W.A. and the W.P.A. "The Civil Works Administration ... initiated the development of Akron Falls. They hired 90 men to develop the park and each received a minimum of $15.00 per week."  
  • AL 22 - Marion Junction AL
    The Works Progress Administration made improvements to the road system in Dallas County. "Improve county-owned road from Orrville to the Wilcox County line in Dallas County, including excavating; clearing and grubbing; grading; draining; dressing shoulders and slopes; constructing base; surfacing; and performing appurtenant and incidental work. Project also includes the operation of borrow pits to produce materials for use on this project. This road is a part of the Federal Aid Highway System. In addition to projects specifically approved." According to a WPA job card, the application was November 1, 1938, approved Nov. 17th, federal manhours added up to 267,120,...
  • Al Hayne Monument Restoration - Fort Worth TX
    The monument itself dates from 1893 but the original marble bust was replaced in 1934 by a bronze one sculpted by Evaline Sellors as a PWAP project. The curbing (reflecting pool) around the Al Hayne Monument is a CWA project: "The marble bust of Al Hayne, carved by Lloyd Bowman, was removed due to extreme deterioration, according to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article from June, 1934. (Note: this is at odds with a Fort Worth oral tradition which holds that the Hayne bust was stolen). Fort Worth sculptor Evaline Sellors received a commission from the federally-funded Public Works of Art Project to sculpt...
  • Al Kreuger Field (former) - Perham MN
    Al Krueger Field, located at the EOT County Fairgrounds in Perham, Minnesota, was originally constructed as a federal Works Progress Administration project during the Great Depression. The original structure was torn down in 2012 and replaced; the site is now known as Al Kreuger Field at Tuffy Stadium.
  • Ala Moana Park Landscape Design - Honolulu HI
    In 1932, the city government began grading work and site preparations on the grounds of the Ala Moana park with the help of territorial relief funds. But it was the advent of federal assistance in 1933 that expanded the scope of construction and park development. Robert Weyeneth describes the process in the volume, Ala Moana: The People's Park: "The Federal Employment Relief Administration (F.E.R.A.) and, briefly, the short-lived Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) provided the resources for the park board to undertake a major construction program in the thirties. During the construction program funded by the CWA and FERA, the daily labor force was as...
  • Ala Moana Park, Roosevelt Portals - Honolulu HI
    This shore-side park was constructed with CWA and FERA funds. From a Department of Land and Natural Resources calendar: "The moderne style, FERA funded Ala Moana Park East Entry Gateway (1934), designed by Harry Sims Bent, was officially named the Roosevelt Portals, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt traveled to Hawai'I to formally dedicate and open Ala Moana Park on July 27, 1934." The Roosevelt Portals are located at the east entrance to the park.  
  • Ala Moana Park: Lawn Bowling Green - Honolulu HI
    Part of the Ala Moana Park complex, the Lawn Bowling Green was designed by architect Harry Sims Bent and built with the help of federal funds and FERA and CWA labor. "Constructed in 1939, the lawn bowling green was the last of Harry Sims Bent's designs for Ala Moana Park. It remains today the only lawn bowling green in Honolulu."
  • Ala Moana Park: the Sports Pavilion and Banyan Court - Honolulu HI
    Part of the Ala Moana Park complex, the Sports Pavilion and Banyan Court were designed by architect Harry Sims Bent and built with the help of federal funds and FERA and CWA labor. “The simple concrete exterior walls of the sports pavilion do not suggest the exotic richness of the banyan court hidden behind its walls. The banyan court is probably the best-kept secret in Honolulu's parks today; it is also perhaps Harry Sims Bent's most noteworthy design. The sports pavilion and banyan court were officially completed 1937, although much of the sports pavilion had been finished somewhat earlier, by 1935....
  • Alabama Avenue SE Water Main - Washington DC
    The Civil Works Administration (CWA) installed a 16-inch water main along Alabama Avenue SE in 1933-4. This was at the beginning of an extensive program of building new water mains and sewers all across the District of Columbia by New Deal agencies.
  • Alabama Boys Industrial School Facilities- Birmingham AL
    The Works Progress Administration built facilities for the Alabama Boys Industrial School in Roebuck, a neighborhood of Birmingham, Jefferson County. The facilities included a dining hall and a heating plant. The present condition of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University) Dormitories - Auburn AL
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built dormitories for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University).
  • Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University) Outdoor Amphitheater - Auburn AL
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an Outdoor Amphitheater for the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn University). The amphitheater was built for the Agricultural Training camp. Granite cobblestones retrieved after the WPA paved the streets of Montgomery were used for the structure.  
  • Alabama State Training School for Girls (former) Swimming Pool - Chalkville AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a swimming pool for the former State Training School for Girls in Chalkville, Alabama, near Birmingham.
  • Alabama State Training School for Girls Facilities - Chalkville AL
    The Works Progress Administration built a total of five buildings for the State Training School for Girls in Chalkville, near Birmingham. The facilities included an administration building, hospital, clinic, and a swimming pool. The estimated federal cost was $179,072.00. The exact location and condition of the structure is unknown to the Living New Deal.
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