Water Works – Magnolia MS

City:
Magnolia, MS

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Started:
1934

Completed:
1934

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Description

Public Works Administration project 5487 was approved 4/4/1934 for water works project in Magnolia. The city received a loan of $10,500 and grant for $3,874 to improve the water works system constructed in 1905. Construction began 7/9/1934 and was completed12/22/1934 for a total of $14,381.

Source notes

Report No. 5. Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects. Region No. 3 Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Project Division, p. 104.

Mississippi is Awarded 11 Million Dollars on Public Works Projects. (Aug. 13, 1934). Clarion-Ledger, p. 10.

PWA Jobs, Both Completed and Planned, are Recorded in Louisiana and Mississippi. (Apr. 15, 1935). The (Laurel) Leader-Call, p. 7.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on October 9, 2021.

Location Info


Magnolia, Mississippi 39652
Pike County

Coordinates: 31.1432, -90.4587

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