Water System Improvements – Seattle WA

City:
Seattle, WA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 states:
“Don G. Abel, State Director of the Works Progress Administration today announced approval of a $148,458 project to improve the water distribution system in the Kenwood district, in Seattle. More than 200 men taken from relief rolls will have about eight months employment, Abel stated. The district affected lies between 15th avenue NE and Lake Washington nnd north of E 85th street to E 155th street. The project calls for excavating, laying pipes, installing fire hydrants and necessary tunneling and backfilling. No additional taxes or assessments will be placed on property holders as a result of the improvement. Of the total investment the WPA has made $108,070 available from federal funds.”

Source notes

WPA Press Release [#343], Dec. 3, 1937, [page 43]: https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400.pdf

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 26, 2014.

Location Info


Seattle, WA

Coordinates: 47.718231, -122.296342

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