Sewers – Columbus OH

City:
Columbus, OH

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

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

Started:
1934

Completed:
1938

Description

A massive sewer construction project was undertaken in Columbus, Ohio with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $710,000 loan and $390,000 grant toward the eventual $1,879,813 total cost of the project. Work occurred between June 1934 and June 1938.

(PWA Docket No. OH 1961)

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 65.

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

Location Info


Columbus, OH

Location notes: General location marker for Columbus

Coordinates: 39.96, -83

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