Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and water disposal
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started: 1938
Completed: 1939
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Description
A major sanitary sewer construction project in Waynesville, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided a $122,500 loan and $100,227 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total cost was $215,600. Construction occurred between November 1938 and August 1939.
PWA Docket No. NC 6201.
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, page 107.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 19, 2014.
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