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Water System Improvements – Rochester NY

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)
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Description

A waterworks-improvement construction project in Rochester, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $58,500 grant; the total cost of the project was $89,762. Work occurred between March and September 1936.

(PWA Docket No. NY [W]1169)

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 25.

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 1, 2014.

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Location Info

Rochester, NY

Location notes: General location marker for Rochester

Coordinates: 43.161, -77.611

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