Search Results for: demolished
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Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Locomotive No. 1100 (demolished) – Pittsburgh PA
In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) provided $331,000 in loans to the Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway, for the purchase of three new locomotives. The engines were Class J-1, numbered 1100-1102, and had somewhat unusual 2-6-6-4 wheel configurations. Howard… read more
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Post Office (demolished) – Effingham IL
The federal government financed the construction of a post office at the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Section Avenue in Effingham, Illinois during the Great Depression. Constructed at a cost of $79,800, the building bore a 1934 cornerstone and… read more
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Maple Leaf School (demolished) Addition – Seattle WA
A grant from the Works Progress Administration funded the construction of an addition to Seattle’s former Maple Leaf Grade School during the late 1930s. The school, which was part of the Maple Leaf School District at the time, was located… read more
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Bullocks Field (demolished) – Boulder City NV
“To accommodate the dramatic increase in motorists, the highway between Las Vegas and Kingman, Arizona, was kept open year-round by 1936. Visitors came to southern Nevada by car, rail, and plane. The CCC helped extend and surface new runways at… read more
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Fire Station (demolished) Improvements – Birmingham AL
Originally the East Fire Department of Birmingham serving the Lakeview Community, Fire Company 8 was one of two stations build in response to the 1905 Tarriff assessment. Due to its proximity to Station 3 it was moved to the north… read more
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Fire Station No. 1 (demolished) Improvements – Birmingham AL
The Civil Works Administration was involved in repairs to this former downtown fire station. 23 fire stations in the city were classed “A” projects 37-C-715 “needing general minor repairs, having sufficient sound value left in them to justify a thorough… read more
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Sibley Junior High School (demolished) – West St. Paul MN
According to The WPA in West St. Paul: The Works Progress Administration (WPA) “constructed Sibley Junior High School at the corner of Bernard and Bidwell. It was the second of three schools named for Henry Sibley that would serve West… read more
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Northern Arizona University: Cottage City (demolished) – Flagstaff AZ
The New Deal provided the funds to build a large group of cottages for student housing – known as “Cottage City” – at what was then Arizona Teachers’ College. The Public Works Administration (PWA) made a grant of $57,900… read more
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Northern Pacific Railway Locomotive No. 2650 (demolished) – Saint Paul MN
In 1933, the Public Works Administration (PWA) authorized a loan to the Northern Pacific Railway for $1,250,000 to purchase new locomotives. The Interstate Commerce Commission then issued a certificate of approval for the loan, although for a slightly lesser amount… read more
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New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) Locomotive No. 700 (demolished) – Cleveland OH
In 1934, it was reported that the American Locomotive Company “is building 15 freight engines for the ‘Nickel Plate’ Railroad, in its plant at Schenectady, N.Y… All of these engines are being built with a PWA loan to the Nickel… read more