- City:
- Grant, NE
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Sanitation and Water Disposal, Sidewalks and Stairs
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
A street improvement project in Grant, Nebraska was undertaken with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a grant of $17,775 for the project, whose total cost was $68,151. PWA Docket No. [W]1044
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted miles of street improvement work as well as constructing and improving curbs and sidewalks in Grant and Elsie, Nebraska. The WPA also installed new water mains and sewers in the communities.
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 148.
"WPA Work in Perkins County," The Tribune Sentinel, Apr. 18, 1940 (pg. 8): https://www.newspapers.com/image/693311646/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 4, 2015.
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