Water System Development – Valley Falls KS

City:
Valley Falls, KS

Site Type:
Water Supply, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

Two water system construction projects: one for a water tank and another for water mains in Valley Falls, Kansas were undertaken as federal Public Works Administration (PWA) projects.

Water main, PWA Docket No. Kan. [W]1108: The PWA provided an $8,590 grant for the project, whose total cost was $19,382. Construction started in Dec. 1935 and was completed in Mar. 1936.

Water tank: PWA Docket No. Kan. [X]1417: The PWA provided a $3,713 grant for the project, whose total cost was $9,089. Construction started in Oct. 1938 and was completed in Jan. 1939.

The status and locations of the projects are presently unknown to Living New Deal.

 

Source notes

Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, pages 166, 168.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 24, 2023.

Location Info


Valley Falls, KS

Location notes: General location marker

Coordinates: 39.343, -95.460

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