- City:
- Newport Beach, CA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a major improvement of the sewer system of Newport Beach, California, including a sewage treatment plant and several miles of sewer lines. It was completed in 1937.
“This treatment plant is one unit of a project which also included three pumping stations and several miles of sewers. The plant comprises the two concrete Imhoff tanks, the gas tank, and one pumping station…”
Source notes
Short, C. W. and R. Stanley-Brown (1939) Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 1933 to 1939. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Page 462.
https://archive.org/details/publicbuildingss00unitrich/publicbuildingss00unitrich/page/462/mode/2up
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 30, 2011.
Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $359,472.00 |
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