- City:
- Allentown, PA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The East Side Reservoir was one of two giant reservoirs constructed during the mid-1930s as a New Deal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The reservoir is presently covered and part of a municipal park.
The Morning Call: “This project, which is rapidly approaching completion, is making possible the construction of extensive water works improvements – which will assure the residents of Allentown a plentiful supply of good water. This large Public Words Administration project provided for the construction of two masonry distribution reservoirs having a combined capacity of approximately 35,000,000 gallons along with necessary extensions to the distribution system.”
The PWA provided a $608,829 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,361,569. Primary construction occurred in 1936-7. PWA Docket No. [W]1251.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 33.
The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 31, 1937, pg. 13
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 22, 2018.
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