- City:
- Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Public Housing
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Works Agency (FWA), Conservation and Public Lands, Public Works Funding, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Description
The Federal Works Agency built prefabricated defense housing at Sheffield. “Construction of 250 units was assigned to the Tennessee Valley Authority for industrial workers in the Muscle Shoals area.”
The exact location and status of these buildings is presently unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 9, 2017.
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The main engineer in charge of the dam and housing project was Col. Carl H. Jabelonsky.
One such homes address was 908 Austin Ave in Sheffield – my father lived there