Sewers – Georgetown SC

City:
Georgetown, SC

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

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

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed sewers in Georgetown, South Carolina during the Great Depression. According to the Georgetown Times, “Among construction projects underway was … installation of sewers in 26 blocks by the WPA.”

Source notes

"1937 Was a Banner Year For Georgetown"; The Georgetown Times, July 19, 1962 (page 10)

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 16, 2014.

Location Info


Georgetown, SC

Location notes: General marker for Georgetown, Georgetown County

Coordinates: 33.377, -79.294

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