- City:
- Bastrop, LA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Designers:
- City engineer, L. C. Spier
- Contractor:
- R. E. Young
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) undertook an extension of the sewerage system in Bastrop, Louisiana during the Great Depression. Approximately two thirds of all WPA spending on public utilities during this period was dedicated to the construction and repair of sewerage systems, which represented a significant public health concern.
The WPA provided an initial appropriation of $35,000 for enlargement of the Bastrop sewerage system in the Morehouse Parish of Louisiana. The project employed 175 men.
Source notes
Morehouse WPA projects begun. (November 21, 1935). Monroe News Star, p. 12. Works Progress Administration. Projects of the Works Progress Administration (1936) . Web (12-7-2014). (https://www.gjenvick.com/WPA-WorksProgressAdministration/ProgressReports/1936-10-15/B04-SewerSystems-OtherUtilityProjects.html)Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 7, 2014.
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