Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)
Started: 1936
Completed: 1936
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Description
A waterworks improvement project in Lexington, Virginia was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $46,919 grant for the project, whose total cost was $104,676. Work occurred between January and November 1936.
(PWA Docket No. VA W1182)
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 120.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 29, 2015.
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