- 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.
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