Project type: Electricity, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA)
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Description
In Lingle, Wyoming, a Civil Works Administration (CWA) “project repaired and rebuilt the municipal electrical distribution system. The final report for that project noted, “This project is a great improvement to the town of Lingle, as the light system has long been in need of repair, and could not have been [completed] without CWA funds”” (Cassity).
Source notes
Building Up Wyoming: Depression-Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929–1943. Michael Cassity. Prepared for the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office ... (pg. 98).
http://www.michaelcassity.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/12777320/wyodepressionerafedprojects_mpdf.pdf
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 27, 2022.
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