Sewers – Brownsville TX

City:
Brownsville, TX

Site Type:
Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Started:
1940

Description

The Brownsville Herald: “Sixty men were at work Tuesday on Brownsville’s biggest WPA sewer project, involving an expected expense of $121,868 of federal money and $41,179 from city funds. Work was started in the Los Ebanos section, where new sewers are urgently needed. Crews will later be increased until 208 men will be employed.”

Source notes

"Los Ebanos Project Starts; Big WPA Job," The Brownsville Herald, October 23, 1940 (pg. 11): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/22458411/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 24, 2022.

Location Info


Brownsville, TX

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 25.918, -97.496

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