Sanitation and Water Disposal Sites

Only 1933 and 1934 town reports are available. 1933 Local residents Chas. Vane, Lee Roberts, Daniel Morang, Bertram Bowker, Frank Ames leave for a C.C.C. Camp with the town covering their transportation. C. W. A. SEWER PROJECT $237.70 7 men employed. 1934 Expenditures Burnham Hardware Co., C. W. & E. R. A. $527.01 Chapman Lumber Co., Brick Tile & Lumber C. W. A. $236.12 Orrin Marston, truck on C. W. A. $99.54 Eugene Bowers, Labor at Rawson School yard, C. W. A. $73.52 Bert Stanhope, truck C. W. A. and E. R. A. $72.25 R. N. Hiatt, Labor on Drills for C. W. A. and E. R. A....

A 1937 municipal report described extensive WPA improvement in Millinocket: "The W.P.A. was involved in a number of town improvements. The Sewing Project now employing fifteen women is very much worth while and has tended to reduce, as has the airport, the cost of the Poor Account. Through the Sidewalk Project we completed about 5,500 feet of sidewalks and laid the foundation for about 3,700 feet, the surfacing of the latter will have to be taken care of by the town. A Project for a Storm Sewer from Katahdin Ave. thru Spruce Street to Penobscot Avenue to Pine Street to the river is in...

Throughout the lifespan of the New Deal, the citizens of Presque Isle Maine (population 6,695 in 1930) benefited from numerous projects from road construction, school repair, the airport, work relief, and a slaughter house. 1933 C. W. A. SPECIAL PROJECTS MATERIALS $1,398.90 1934 HIGHWAYS IN CONNECTION WITH ERA PROJECTS Raised at Special Town Meeting $2,004.02 Expenditures Materials, Cleaves Road $740.95 Materials Parkhurst Road $438.51 Materials Phair Junction Road $472.73 Materials Spragueville Road $351.83 MATERIAL FOR RELIEF PROJECTS Emergency Work Relief $915.71 C. W. A. Accounts $1,879.96 F. E. R. A. Accounts $1,106.96 Total $3,902.63 E. R. A. labor was used on Hall, Second, Dyer and Park Streets and on the Sidewalks that constructed in 1934. The...

The WPA installed water mains in Riverdale in 1935 and constructed sidewalks along Jefferson Ave. in 1938.

According to records in the National Archives, the WPA did extensive work in Rockville. They laid sewer extensions on multiple streets in 1936. In 1939, work included: "Improv public thoroughfares throughout the town of Rockville…including constructing curbs, gutters, and sidewalks, draining, paving, installing subsurface utilities, landscaping and performing incidental and appurtenant work."

"According to the Annual Town Reports of 1934-35 and 1936-37, the CWA, FERA and WPA were involved in numerous projects throughout the city. The dollar amounts are the share of the project that the city contributed and don't list the amount provided by Federal Relief agencies. "The town library which was a gift from the Carnegie foundation in 1903, owing to the thorough renovation which the building received in 1934 through a CWA project, no repairs have been necessary this year (1935), beyond the general upkeep. The school district received the benefit of Federal Labor and with a small expenditure of funds...

The WPA did extensive work in Seat Pleasant in 1937, including: "Improve Roosevelt Avenue, Vine and Valley Streets, and Addison Chapel Road, by constructing curbs, gutters, and cross drains, surfacing, underforming, and appurtenant work," and "Construct streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, water-drains, and cross-drains, throughout Seat Pleasant."

Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was the "repaving and recurbing streets and alleys and installing sewer connections" in Sharpsburg. The Federal government allocated $50,968 for the project and local sponsors contributed $15,588.

Newspaper articles describe various projects in carried out in Skowhegan  by the CWA, FERA and the WPA, as well as direct food relief provided by federal agencies. In 1934, the CWA began a sewing project employing local women. In 1938, the WPA also ran a sewing project in town. Work by FERA over the years included building 700 feet of sewer line from Hesselton St across the Cannan Rd and into the Kennebec River; other sewer work on West Front, Hathaway, Leavitt and St. John Streets; installing street signs; constructing sidewalks; cutting roadside bushes; and improving the local airport. FERA also ran...

According to WPA records in the National Archives, the WPA constructed a sanitary sewer system and disposal plant and a town water supply system for Upper Marlboro in 1936.

CWA, ERA, WPA, and PWA during the entire period of the New Deal were involved in some economic activity, not counting the CCC work on the park and Navy Base in this small coastal community. 1934 Under ROADS AND BRIDGES, the the C.W.A. is listed as hiring 15 people for a road project. 1935 Under CONTINGENT ACCOUNT an E.R.A. project and a W.P.A. project are mentioned without any details about the nature of the project. 1936 An unspecified W.P.A. road project employed 14 men. THIRD CLASS ROADS (Used with PWA Project) 16 men employed and $647.64 contributed by the town. 1937 An unspecified W.P.A. project 14 employed $832.29 contributed...

The WPA installed a publicly owned street lighting system in 1935.

In 1935, the WPA improved water services in the Woodbine Street, Bradley Lane, and Kirk Street sections of Chevy Chase.

A local report for the year 1938-1939 describes WPA work in Jonesport: "With the help of W. P. A. funds amounting to $4,363.71 to date, which covers all labor costs, we have been able to do the following work at a total cost to the Town of $593.11. At West Jonesport we have built 320 ft. of cement sidewalk, we have laid a covered stone drainage system 220 ft. long with laterals to pick up water from between and under each store, with two concrete man-holes by which the entire drainage system can be readily cleaned out. We have lowered the culvert at...

The WPA allocated $1,031 for an extension to the municipal sewer system in Glendive, Montana in August 1938.

The WPA allocated $17,394 toward a "sanitary sewer extension" for the town of Philipsburg, MT in July 1938.

Four major sewer projects were started in Downtown Portland by the WPA. New sewer lines were built along Baxter Blvd and Washington Ave. Danforth St. and Fore St. sewer lines were rebuilt.

The WPA allocated $3,822 for the development of a "sanitary sewer system" in Big Sandy, Montana in 1938.

A sanitary sewer construction project in Riverhead, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $64,517 grant; the total cost of the project was $146,887. Work occurred between February and October 1936. After the project was originally approved Sayville’s Suffolk County News mistakenly reported: "... the WPA has granted the village of Riverhead the sum of $66,191 as its contribution toward the building of a municipal sewer system," about 45% of the total cost of the project.

The town's municipal report for 1935 described extensive New Deal relief from the PWA and the WPA, as well as from VERA (Vermont Emergency Relief Agency). The mayor said in the report that: "These large amounts received during these past two years have undoubtedly greatly reduced our Charity costs." In particular, the mayor explained that: "Taking advantage of the WPA which pays the entire labor costs, several small short sewers are being built. If this is continued during this year there will be very few streets lacking sewers, and it should materially reduce the costs of sewer construction for many years to...

Annual reports for the city of Dover detail extensive work on the city's sewer system: 1939 SEWERS "Central avenue, Spring street to Cemetery entrance. This sewer was started by the Highway Department, old cement pipe being replaced by 806 feet of 18-inch Akron pipe, later was completed as a W. P. A. project. Expended by the Highway Department $721.18, by the W. P. A. and City of Dover $2,999.95. Total expenditure $3,721.13." ASH AND MT. VERNON STREET SEWER "This sewer connects Central avenue sewer with Grove street sewer, taking Mt. Vernon street in from beyond No. 67. The work is being done as a WPA...

Among a set of 26 WPA projects for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania approved in Sept. 1935 was the "completion of storm sewer system" in Clairton, PA. The project was to be completed at a cost of $1,283 to the Federal government and $525 to local sponsors.

Montana's Big Timber Pioneer newspaper reported on two WPA sewer projects in Harlowton between 1935 and 1938. The WPA contributed $5,978 toward a 5,000-foot-long eight-inch sewer with 15 manhole covers, and $18,446 toward a 9,800-foot extension with 26 manhole covers.

In December 1935 the WPA approved $140,680 for a "Manito sewer project and lateral sewers" in Spokane, Washington. Spokane's Daily Chronicle detailed the locations of these sewer projects. The lateral sewer project was allocated $90,080 by the WPA and involved trenching and backfilling the following streets and alleys in Spokane, with concentrations in areas north and east of the city center: "Alley between Second and Third, Havana to Rebecca; alley between Fourth and Fifth, Rossville to Rebecca; alley between Freya and Farrell, Sprague to Hartson. Alley between Olympic and Wabash, Greene to Haven; alley between Hogan and Perry, Marietta to Jackson; alley...

In December 1935 the WPA approved $140,680 for a "Manito sewer project and lateral sewers" in Spokane, Washington. Spokane's Daily Chronicle detailed the locations of these sewer projects. The primary 'Manito' sewer project, located largely within the present neighborhood of Comstock, was allocated $50,600 by the WPA and involved trenching and backfilling the following streets and alleys: "Arthur from Thirty-sixth to Thurston, Thurston from Arthur to Conklin, Conklin from Thurston to Forty-first, Forty-first from Conklin to alley between Conklin and Garfield, alley between Conklin and Garfield from Forty-first to Forty-second, Forty-second from alley between Conklin and Garfield to alley between Garfield and...

The WPA allotted $7,678 in Oct. 1935 for the construction of a storm sewer in East Hampton, NY.

Sayville's Suffolk County News reported in late 1935 that the WPA allotted $24,747.79 to the construction of storm sewers in Bay Shore, NY. The sewers were built on: Benjamin St.; North Park Ave.; Garfield Ave.; Center Ave.; John St.; West Ave.; Oak St.; Fourth Ave.; Burchell Ave.; and Railroad St.

Sayville's Suffolk County Times reported in Feb. 1937 that the WPA had begun work on four storm sewers in Blue Point, providing employment for 60 laborers. The locations of the sewers are as follows: 1. From the intersection of Middle Road and Arthur Avenue to the intersection of Woodland and Blue Point Avenues, by way of Arthur and Woodland; a distance of about 0.3 miles. 2. From Brook Street just south of Montauk Highway to the highway and west to Purgatory Creek; about 0.1 miles. 3. From the intersection of Namkee Road and Maple Street to Winthrop Court and east to Stillman Creek; about...

According to an article in the Lewiston Evening Journal of January 3, 1935 by Gerald Reed, extensive utility work was undertaken in the city by a combination of the CWA, FERA, & ERA agencies. "Under Sup. Cook of the Auburn Water and Sewerage District, a reforestation program was undertaken at Lake Auburn with the planting of 30,000 trees. Several additional services and the replacement of old water mains were installed on Loring, Western, Forest, & Fairmont Avenues, Towle, School, Fifth, Taylor, and Oliver Streets, a right of way at Court St. and Hillcrest Ave. The projects also included the lowering of the...

Extensive work was done in Berlin by a combination of the CWA, FERA, PWA, NYA, CCC and WPA all during the existence of the New Deal when "in 1935, under the leadership of newly-elected Mayor Arthur Bergeron, the Farmer-Labor Party began the process of reorganizing city government and acting as a conduit for federal monies in response to the mass lay-offs in the the Great Northern and Brown paper mills"   (https://www.berlinnh.gov) Utilities, culverts, water mains, storm drains, & sewer lines were improved by New Deal agencies: 1934 CWA builds the Coos Street Culvert, Boating and Bathing Pool at the Bog. 1935 "FERA builds the Main...

The Mexia Weekly Herald reported on March 29, 1935 that work on two PWA projects in the town of Fairfield, Texas had begun, including "the water and sewer system for the newly incorporated town."

Municipal reports from the late 1930s describe federal funding for water system improvements in the amounts of $2,766 in 1938 and $5,510 in 1939 (the latter under WPA project No. 2655).

According to a local newspaper article, "water and sanitary sewer lines were installed ... for the first time" in Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, courtesy the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Municipal reports from 1938 and 1939 reported the following WPA activity in Gorham: 1937 Storm drains Alpine St & Promenade St. Water mains Alpine St and to the Island on the east end of Washington St. The town is now able to get W. P. A. assistance and it has been suggested that the following sewers be built: Alpine Street, Promenade and Church Streets, and the Leblanc-Willis sewer. Estimated cost of these projects is material furnished by the town $2907.60 and we recommend this amount be appropriated and raised. All labor for these projects will be furnished by W. P. A. 1938 The new dam at the...

The city of Claude, TX received funding from the PWA for its sewage and water systems -- including a new sewage disposal unit, new pipes and wells.

Annual municipal reports for Claremont document extensive New Deal involvement in developing the city's water supply and sewage systems. In 1935, this work included WPA aid in the construction of the local Rice Reservoir, and CCC construction of five "water holes" "in outlying sections as an added aid in combating fires on isolated farms." In 1940, the PWA contributed to a municipal sewer project, and WPA labor was used to improve the hospital's sewer lines. New Deal aid for sewer projects continued into 1941.

At the intersection of N. 8th and Boston in a residential area, there are two WPA culverts which pass under 8th Street east to west. One culvert has the WPA shield stamped 1939 at either end; the other does not. The culverts are constructed of large cut stones, and have curbing that is quite tall vertically. The openings are approximately 3 ft. by 5 ft.

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted improvement and development work at the National Guard installation in Sea Girt, New Jersey. Example project description: "Improve the National Guard camp grounds, including bulkheads, curbs, walks, sewers, manholes, and field drains, reconstructing pump houses and septic tanks, demolishing obsolete structures and hauling to low areas for fill, excavating"

The W.P.A. conducted numerous improvement and development projects at the New London Submarine Base. Project details: "Construct and improve buildings, utilities, and grounds" Official Project Number: 165‐1‐91‐105 Total project cost: $49,805.00 Sponsor: Commandant, Naval Submarine Base, U.S. Navy "Make improvements at airport" Official Project Number: 265‐2‐15‐71 Total project cost: $7,894.00 Sponsor: U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer, Providence "Erect cyclone fencing, clearing and grubbing, install storm sewer, and construct storehouse, walks, and, pavements" Official Project Number: 265‐3‐15‐1 Total project cost: $66,358.00 Sponsor: Commander, Naval Submarine Base, U.S. Navy "Improve Naval facilities and construct storm sewers" Official Project Number: 265‐3‐15‐21 Total project cost: $96,204.00 Sponsor: Commander, Naval Submarine Base, U.S. Navy "Improve submarine...

The Public Works Administration completed improvements at the New Jersey Avenue Sewage Pumping Station between 1939 and 1940. The work consisted of “electrical installation."