Power Improvements – Canton MS

City:
Canton, MS

Site Type:
Electricity, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

PWA project x1333 for improvements to Canton Municipal Utilities was approved Sep. 16, 1938. A $31,500 grant and a loan for the same amount was awarded. Construction began Dec. 19, 1938 and was completed Jul. 28, 1939.

Source notes

Report No. 5, Region No. 3 Mississippi, Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Jan. 3, 1940, p. 106, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 8, 2018.

Location Info


Canton, Mississippi 39163
Madison County

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 32.6127321, -90.039867

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