Sewer System Improvements – Jamestown CA

City:
Jamestown, CA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1941

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

“Description: Improve sanitary sewer system in and near Jamestown, Tuolumne County including constructing treatment plant, roads, walls, settling beds, drainage ditches, trestles, and manholes; excavating; installing pipe and appurtenances; backfilling; and performing incidental and appurtenant work. Publicly and privately owned property. Work on private property is to consist of constructing sewer pipe lines and roads for which proper agreements are to be obtained. Sponsor: Jamestown Sanitary District”

WPA Proj. No. 165-1-08-348, Proj. Cost $50,346, Application Date May 28, 1941, Average Employed 148, Total Federal and Sponsor funds $68,153

There was only one original New Deal structure at the facility when I visited. Most of the current facility is of recent construction and the employees proudly explained how the effluent that is produced is actually cleaner than the stream that runs nearby.

Source notes

WPA job card, Fresno Public Library, San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center

local source

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on April 3, 2018.

Location Info


17600 CA-108, 95327
Jamestown, ca 95327

Coordinates: 37.94230, -120.432

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