Waterworks – Maben MS

City:
Maben, MS

Site Type:
Water Supply, Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Good

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

Public Works Administration project 1054 provided a $21,000 loan and $16,587 grant for the waterworks system in Maben. It was approved 11/17/1936, construction started 4/19/1937, and completed 8/27/1937 for a total cost of $36,983.

Source notes

Federal approval given 13 PWA projects in state. (Nov 24, 1936). Clarion-Ledger, p. 14.

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

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on November 26, 2019.

Location Info


Maben, Mississippi 39750
Oktibbeha County

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 33.55775, -89.08109418039

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