Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs
Started: 1938
Completed: 1939
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
Unknown
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
Amory initiated a street paving program in 1938, using $100,000 in municipal bonds, a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant of $81,818, and a Works Progress Administration (WPA) contribution of $20,000. PWA project x1284 was approved 9/7/1938. Construction began November 23, and was completed 11/15/1939.
Source notes
$100,000 Bond Issue Approved in Amory. (Sept. 28, 1938). The (Biloxi) Daily Herald, p. 2.
Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Project Division, p. 106.
Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on September 12, 2021.
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