Road Improvements – Atchison KS

City:
Atchison, KS

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1936

Description

Multiple road paving and improvement projects in Atchison, Kansas were undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Work on these projects started in 1933 and ended in 1936.

(PWA Docket No. KS 980, 983, [W]1002, [w]1056, [W]1137, [X]1442)

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, pages 164, 165, 166, 169.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 4, 2014.

Location Info


Atchison, KS

Location notes: General location marker for Atchison

Coordinates: 39.563, -95.121

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