Water System Improvements – Bismarck ND

City:
Bismarck, ND

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

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

Started:
1936

Completed:
1939

Description

Multiple waterworks development projects in Bismarck, North Dakota were undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. For one project, the PWA supplied a $22,222 grant for the project, whose total cost was $49,540. Work occurred between April and November 1936. For another water main construction project, the PWA supplied a $29,081 grant for the project, whose total cost was $62,504. Work occurred between October 1938 and April 1939.

(PWA Docket No. ND W1128, X1208)

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 152.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2015.

Location Info


Bismarck, ND

Location notes: General location marker for Bismarck

Coordinates: 46.808, -100.784

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