Sewer Development – Hutchinson KS

City:
Hutchinson, KS

Site Type:
Sanitation and Water Disposal, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1934

Description

A storm sewer development project in Hutchinson, Kansas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a grant of $29,093 toward the $99,675 total cost of the project. Construction occurred between July and October 1934.

(PWA Docket No. KS 1902)

Furthermore, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted the following sewer / water disposal-related work in Hutchinson in 1933-4:

  • Storm sewer on Adams, from 17th to 18th St.
  • Storm sewer on Adams, from Ave. E to F, and into river
  • Clean drainage ditches in Grandview
  • Drag and clean several miles of storm and sanitary sewers

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 164.

"City Profits Greatly from CWA Program," The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas, March 28, 1934 (pg. 1): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/17007319/

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

Location Info


Hutchinson, KS

Location notes: Coordinates for Adams St. storm sewer CWA work

Coordinates: 38.045132, -97.935414

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