- City:
- Yankton, SD
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply, Sanitation and Water Disposal
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
A waterworks and sewer construction project in Yankton, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $29,250 loan and $9,774 grant for the project, whose total cost was $43,945. Work occurred between September 1934 and May 1935.
The PWA supplied a $14,222 grant for a second waterworks project, total cost $33,546, that was undertaken between April and June 1936.
The PWA supplied a $24,540 grant for a third waterworks project, total cost $54,534, that was undertaken between November 1937 and March 1938.
(PWA Docket Nos. SD 2526, [W]1040, [W]1189)
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, pages 154, 155.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 8, 2014.
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