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  • Lake Powell Bridge - Laguna Beach FL
    Florida's Lake Powell Bridge—also known as the Philips Inlet Bridge—was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $148,087 loan for the project, whose total cost was $141,409. It was constructed a toll bridge. Construction occurred between 1934 and 1935. The project helped to spur development between Panama City and Pensacola. PWA Docket No. FL 793
  • John Gorrie Memorial Bridge (former) - Apalachicola to Eastpoint FL
    Florida's old John Gorrie Memorial Bridge—which carried what is now U.S. 98 over the East Bay between Apalachicola and Eastpoint—was constructed with federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $1,075,000 loan and $350,929 grant for the project, whose total cost was $1,423,805. It was constructed a toll bridge. Construction occurred between April 1934 and August 1936*. The bridge has since been replaced. * Some sources (Wikipedia) suggest that the bridge was completed and opened sooner, though it's possible they refer to other bridges that were constructed in the area at that time. PWA Docket No. FL 843
  • Water and Sewer Systems - Carlin NV
    A waterworks/sewer construction project in Carlin, Nevada was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $77,800 loan and $22,574 grant for the project, whose total cost was $101,906. Work occurred between July 1934 and January 1935.  
  • Water System - Fallon NV
    A waterworks construction project in Fallon, Nevada was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $76,000 loan and $24,063 grant for the project, whose total cost was $118,091. Work occurred between August 1934 and January 1936. (PWA Docket No. NV 2010)
  • City Water System - Lovelock NV
    A waterworks project in Lovelock NV was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $73,500 loan and $26,892 grant for the project, whose total cost was $100,517. Work took place between September 1934 and February 1935. The exact nature of the project needs to be determined.  It was presumably an upgrade of the domestic and firefighting water system, which was common during the New Deal (see e.g., Carlin NV project page).  
  • Trent House Restoration - Trenton NJ
    Multiple New Deal agencies: the CWA, FERA, and WPA, worked to restore the historic Trent House in Trenton, New Jersey between 1934 and 1936. "The WPA work consisted of cleaning and pointing the brick on the Trent House and caretaker's home, painting work, building a wall surrounding the property, laying walks on the grounds, installing shutters inside the Trent House, and grading the grounds. WPA funds for the work were $9,081.89. The late J. Osborn Hunt was the architect of the work until his death, and he was succeeded by Samuel Mountford.
  • Fireplace of States - Bemidji MN
    The Fireplace of States was constructed under the U.S. Federal Works Program, begun by the Civil Works Administration (CWA). The A.P. reported in Aug. 1934: Stones from every State and from many places of historical or unusual interest in other part of the world will be a part of the "Fireplace of States," nearing completion on the shores of Lake Bemidji, in the heart of Minnesota's tourist region.   Started last Winter as a CWA project, the fireplace and a log cabin housing be finished within a few weeks under a special appropriation of the Federal Government.   Stones used include one from Fort McHenry, the birthplace...
  • Warren School - Warren TX
    The Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works granted Warren school district $27,000 to build a new school and other facilities. The district built the Warren School in 1935. The firm of Steinman, Steinman & Golemon, better known for their Art Deco or Modern designs, chose a variation of the Italian Renaissance Revival style for the school. The school district used the building for classrooms until 1988, when it was converted to storage space. A plaque placed within the entry on the right lists building construction information, including the architects, contractor, and “Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Project No. 2056.” Although...
  • Central Park Zoo - New York NY
    The Central Park Zoo was built over the course of eight months in 1934 by workers employed by the Civil Works Administration and, after that program’s demise, by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. It succeeded the old Central Park Menagerie, a once popular attraction that by the early 1930s was so severely dilapidated that Parks Department officials feared its lions and tigers would break out of the rotted wood structures that housed them. Newly-appointed Parks Commissioner Robert Moses set about replacing the menagerie, not with a full-sized zoo, but with what he called a “picture-book zoo”—a smaller-scale facility meant as...
  • Water System - Williams AZ
    A waterworks construction project in Williams, Arizona was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $66,100 loan and $35,100 grant; the total cost of the project was $131,851. Work occurred between October 1934 and September 1935. (PWA Docket No. AZ 8198)
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