Water, Light, and Power Project – Rayne LA

City:
Rayne

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Electricity

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1939

Designers:
Engineer, Louis V. Voorhies

Contractor:
E. E. Rabolais & Sons

Description

The Public Works Administration (PWA) undertook a public utilities project in Rayne, Louisiana during the Great Depression. The cost of the project was $86,169.

Source notes

Leighninger, R. D. (2007). Building Louisiana: The Legacy of the Public Works Administration. The University Press of Mississippi.

Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on December 8, 2014.

Location Info


No exact location known
Rayne, LA 70578
Acadia County

Coordinates: 30.235, -92.268

Site Details

Total Cost
$86,169.00

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