- City:
- Seldovia, AK
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) undertook the water supply system in Seldovia, Alaska during the Great Depression. The water supply system was constructed for $25,454 in 1939. It was a part of a wave of construction projects resulting in part from the advocacy of Alaska Congressional delegate Anthony J. Dimond (1933-1945), who pushed for channeling New Deal funding into the Alaska territory.
Source notes
Over Half of Alaska PWA Fund is Here. (December 6, 1938). Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, p. 2. Haycox, S. (2002). Alaska: An American Colony. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. p. 248-249.Site originally submitted by Susan C. Allen on January 1, 2015.
Site Details
Total Cost |
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$25,454.00 |
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