- City:
- Hutchinson, KS
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Started:
- 1933
Description
A street improvement project in Hutchinson, Kansas was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. (PWA Docket No. KS 1266)
Furthermore, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted numerous paving projects in Hutchinson from 1933 to 1934, including:
- Paving abandoned car track lanes from Fifth to 17th st.; Fifth from Washington to Monroe St.; Washington, from Fourth to Fifth St.; Ave. A from Poplar to Smith St.; Main, from 12th to 20th St.
- Paving two intersections into fair grounds.
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.
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