- City:
- Perry, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Perry, New York’s old water tower, located near Silver Lake, was built during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied an $18,293 grant; the total cost of the project was $41,336. Work occurred between January and June 1936.
Perry has a new water tower; Living New Deal believes the PWA structure has since been demolished.
(PWA Docket No. NY [W]1095)
Source notes
National Archives: 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, page 24.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 26, 2014.
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