Infrastructure and Utilities Sites

"The Riverside Drive Improvement, Work Project Nos. 145 and 6951, was sponsored by the County of Los Angeles. The work involved the construction and improvement of Riverside Drive from Victory Boulevard Bridge to Barham Boulevard, a distance of three and one quarter miles. The work consisted of grading a 60' - 0" roadway two and one quarter miles long and paving three and one quarter miles of 56' - 0" roadway with rock and oil pavement, the construction of a reinforced concrete pedestrian tunnel and the installation of Corrugated iron Pipe Culverts ranging from 36" to 48" in diameter. The...

Researcher Frank da Cruz explains here that a major part of the New Deal creation of what is now Riverside Park involved completely re-shaping the land itself. The park was re-engineered from its natural rather steep slope "into two relatively flat areas separated by a retaining wall... The train tracks run behind the retaining wall and under the upper level of the park. The lower level...is on the same level as the river and contains a vast amount of parkland and numerous ball fields, athletic fields, game courts, and playgrounds." In addition to shaping the land itself, New Deal workers...

"In 1941, WPA workers built the visitors' center, a fountain and stone entrance walls at Riverview Park on the North Side, a project spearheaded by Griswold. Out-of-work Pittsburghers also made drainage repairs, paved roads and improved entrances in Riverview Park, Ms. Rademacher said."

"In the depression era of the thirties, in 1935, the alignment of Riverview Road, with the triangle at the Boston Mills intersection, was formalized. The projects of the Civil Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Administration (PWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) performed much needed improvements to Riverview."

The Works Progress Administration completed road and alley improvements in Mill Creek. The work included stone basing streets.

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 were: The Edgemoor Underpass, located somewhere the train tracks and the Delaware River A thoroughfare connecting Edgemoor and Holly Oak A thoroughfare connecting Edgemoor and Wilmington The exact locations of these projects is presently unknown to Living New Deal. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

Only 1933 and 1934 town reports were available, but a significant amount of relief work was documented during the dark days of the depression. 1933: On Dec. 1st C. W. A. projects absorbed a part of the unemployment relief men, and continued with a quota of 147 until March, when weekly reductions were put into effect by the Federal Government. The severe winter handicapped these operations to a great extent, but what was accomplished was at comparatively small cost, for material on some projects. It is unfortunate that this opportunity could not have come at a time of year when work...

The annual town report from 1936-37 reports that the WPA was involved in bridge repairs (likely from the 1936 flood). The town share was $3,220. Both the WPA and PWA helped with "Summer Roads."

During its brief life in the winter of 1933-34, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) hired unemployed workers to improve the streets of Pinedale, Wyoming, with drainage works and gravel surfaces. According to Michael Cassity (2012) the work included: "streets of town graveled, streets drained, culverts replaced, ten new culverts built."

New Deal funds supported extensive road and infrastructure work in the town of Proctor. The Selectmens report for 1933 mentions 7 highway projects and the extension of the sewer near Field St done by the C.W.A. starting Nov. 2nd 1933, employing 90 men, and costing the New Deal $6,494 for wages and $2,293 for a truck, tools, materials, and supplies. Highway projects by the Vermont Emergency Relief Administration VERA (the state agency set up to distribute Federal funds) cost $16,685. In 1934, further CWA and VERA funds were used to distribute money to families in need of seeds and other farming...

From The New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties (2004): "The coming of the New Deal and many of the work relief programs funded by the WPA proved to a boon for improving downtown Hot Springs and for civic organizations to improve amenities for the community. Under the first New Deal program, the Civil Works Administration, in 1934 the Women’s Improvement Club provided landscaping for a public drinking fountain. Other improvement projects included road and sidewalk construction (with most of the sidewalks within the historic district still bearing WPA or Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) imprints), construction of a...

Youth employed by the National Youth Administration carried out work for a road fronting the Losey Airfield (today's Fort Allen Airport). "One of the important defense projects in puerto Rico is the construction of a military road fronting Losey Field. NYA boys quarry the stone, cart it by wheel-barrow and truck, lay it and aid in tar finishing; they also did preliminary excavation and ditch digging. The road is now almost completed. For its construction the boys have cut away and moved half a hill of stone."

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along a road from Ellendale to "No. 6 School." The exact location of the road is unknown to Living New Deal, though it is likely what is known now as State Route 16. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men stationed at Camp Angeles Crest F-133 in La Cañada Flintridge, CA, built a road in Angeles National Forest between 1933 and 1934. Its precise location is unclear.

Municipal reports from 1939 and 1940 document several thousand dollars worth of WPA aid and labor for local road construction projects: 1939: Trucks $ 407.15 Culverts 167.90 Hand Labor 4.00 Gravel 116.65 Materials and Supplies 48.21 Total Expended $ 743.91 Forward $ 743.91 1940: Appropriation $ 1,062.00 Rec'd State of Maine 2,516.99 R. Albert Est. Refund dynamite 18.60 Total Available $ 3,597.59 and 26 people employed on the project.

A road construction project in Peekskill, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $49,909 grant; the total cost of the project was $125,543. Work occurred between April and November 1936. (PWA Docket No. NY 1126)

Works Progress Administration laborers did grading and surfacing work for a new road in front of a subway crossing in Rochester. The WPA photo caption indicates that the work was done at Morris Street. More information is needed to determine the current status and exact location of this project.

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted road work in what was then Solomonville (now Solomon), Arizona, during the 1930s.

The federal Civil Works Administration conducted road construction work in Burlington, Vermont. "March 6, 1934. City Burlington Vermont. CWA (Civil Works Administration) Project #402-J. Telford stone base construction. Note winter conditions."

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along a road from a point known as Pepper to "Jones X Roads." The exact location of the project is unknown to Living New Deal. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

"Portland ultimately received matching federal dollars for street widening, highway construction, and a new city airport on 700 acres of reclaimed land along the Columbia River east of the city. Completed in 1940, the new airport required four years and $3 million to build. Using voter-approved bonds as the local match for federal funds, the city undertook highway construction in the late 1930s, including McLoughlin Boulevard, development of S. E. 82nd, and Barbur Boulevard (which was built on a former interurban railroad right-of-way). Other road work involved widening Front Avenue in 1940 and building an expressway called Harbor Drive along...

The City of Barre relied greatly on multiple federal relief programs for the improvement and development of its street network during the Great Depression. Such included reconstruction, grading, paving. Work also included related safety measures such as the construction of retaining walls and guard rails. The National Youth Administration (N.Y.A.) contributed by landscaping streets.

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along a road from Bear to "State Road". Living New Deal is unsure of the exact road in question. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

The W.P.A. conducted road work in Burlington, Mass., including on Mountain Road.

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Canton.

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was road construction between "Hasting's Corner" and Moore's Corner, west of Cheswold; the roads in question are unknown to Living New Deal. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction at and around Green St. and Lawson Ave. in Claymont. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was De Kalb.

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along a road from Bay Road to what was then State Police Station #3, in Dover. The exact location and name of the road in question is unknown to Living New Deal. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Edwards.

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Fine.

Between 1933 and 1943 multiple New Deal agencies: the C.W.A., F.E.R.A., and W.P.A., provided the labor for dozens of street paving and improvement projects throughout Framingham, Mass. Work included "15 miles of secondary gravel streets, 2 miles of primary paved streets." Some important W.P.A. work involved country road improvements, "consisting of widening, straightening, removing outcropping ledges and trees, grading, graveling, building new stone walls and removing and rebuilding existing stone walls, and applying bituminous surface treatment... These streets as completed have a minimum width of traveled way of 18 ft. to 20 ft. and all dangerous curves and other obstructions have...

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Gouverneur.

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Hammond.

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was road construction between Hazlettville and Wright's . Located southeast of Hartly and west of Wyoming, though the roads in question are unknown to Living New Deal. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Brasher, represented on the map here by the village of Helena.

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Hermon.

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Hopkinton.

Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was road construction between Underhill Corner and Blanco . These locations can be found north and west of Kenton, though the roads in question are unknown to Living New Deal. An average of 1,410 were put to work each week during 1934 as a result of the CWA’s road, sidewalk, bridge, and other related infrastructure efforts in Delaware.  

The Massena Observer wrote in 1938 that the vast majority of municipalities in St. Lawrence County, New York had sponsored relief projects with the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Among the towns in which the WPA had worked to 'reconstruct' roads was Lawrence (not to be confused with the Nassau County town of the same name).