- City:
- Nome, AK
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Civic Facilities, Water Supply, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Multiple New Deal agencies conducted municipal improvement projects in Nome, Alaska. The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted did the following, per The Nome Nugget:
Through … the Civil Work Administration, Nome is daily bring improved and plans are being carried out thru the Alaska Road Commission to repair municipal buildings, clean necessary thoroughfares and gravel public property of value for purposes of fire-prevention and safety.
The paper also refers to a water project:
The fresh water project of the CWA has been completed and gives every appearance of being an extremely beneficial piece of work.
The CWA was succeeded by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). One road improvement project in 1934 is detailed as follows:
The graveling project of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, whereby the streets in the burned area of the city were widened and straightened, and which has been going on since several weeks after the fire was ended Tuesday.
Source notes
"CWA on the Job," The Nome Nugget, Mar. 3, 1934 (page 6)
The Nome Nugget, Mar. 3, 1934 (page 3)
"FERA GRAVELING PROJECT ENDED FOR THIS SEASON," The Nome Nugget, Nov. 8, 1934 (page 6)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 12, 2023.
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