- City:
- Cuyahoga Heights, OH
- Site Type:
- Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Description
Cleveland’s massive Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant was originally constructed during the 1930s as part of a massive federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project.
Photo captions at The Cleveland Memory Project state:
1. “Here is one of the twelve sewage digestion tanks being built as part of Cleveland’s $8,900,000 sewage disposal project with funds furnished by the Public Works Administration. The picture was taken at the Southerly disposal plant at E. 71st street and independence road. Two years will be required to complete the entire project, aimed at improving health conditions through ending pollution of Lake Erie.”
2. “Cleveland’s plans for sewerage treatment works are at last being realized. This picture shows progress of construction on the $8,990,000 disposal plant which is being financed by the Public Works Administration. Not only will this project contribute directly to improving health conditions in this area, but it will provide widespread employment for thousands of men for approximately two years.”
Source notes
https://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/urbanohio/id/63/rec/2
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 30, 2016.
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