Start Year: 1934

A sanitary sewer construction project in Marion , South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $17,500 loan and $6,228 grant for the project, whose total cost was $23,754. Work occurred between November 1934 and May 1935. (PWA Docket No. SD 2307)

Numerous street construction projects in Watertown, South Dakota were undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $56,000 loan and $37,535 grant for a curb construction project; the total cost of the project was $56,327. Work occurred between May and August 1935. (PWA Docket No. SD 2077) The PWA supplied a $87,000 loan and $8,279 grant for a street construction project; the total cost of the project was $129,513. Work occurred between October 1934 and November 1935. (PWA Docket No. SD 2100) The PWA supplied a $6,136 grant for a second street...

A storm sewer construction project in Sioux Falls, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $24,100 loan and $7,400 grant; the total cost of the project was $30,453. Work occurred between December 1934 and July 1935. (PWA Docket No. SD 1608)

A waterworks construction project in Chamberlain, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $49,630 loan and $14,966 grant; the total cost of the project was $66,947. Work occurred between June and October 1934. (PWA Docket No. SD 1095)

A waterworks construction project in Chamberlain, South Dakota was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $24,600 loan and $8,588 grant; the total cost of the project was $35,065. Work occurred between June and November 1934. (PWA Docket No. SD 1066)

Up until 1933, the sewer system of Hampton Beach was simply a system built by the Hampton Beach Improvement Company which piped raw sewage directly into the ocean. Under threat from state health officials due to "deplorable conditions" that would have resulted in quarantine and shut down of the beach, "the federal government awarded a $160,000 funding package to the town in September. Some $40,000 of the grant was a gift; the balance was to be paid back with a bond issue." After some noisy opposition from local officials that defeated a proposal and threats from the state, "the...

Temple University's Sullivan Hall was originally built as the university library (Sullivan Memorial Library) during the Great Depression. Its construction was enabled by the federal Public Works Administration, which provided a $550,000 loan for the project (whose final cost was $555,334). Construction occurred between September 1934 and February 1936. (PWA Docket No. 1326.) "Sullivan Memorial Library (PWA Project 1326) opened in 1936 as Temple's first freestanding Library. It was built with a bequest from Thomas D. Sullivan, a local warehouse owner, and with federal funds from the New Deal Emergency Relief Act. During the Christmas holidays in 1935, books and equipment...

A waterworks construction project in Bethlehem, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.Work occurred between October 1934 and October 1935. (PWA Docket No. NY 7250)

A large waterworks construction project in Stillwater, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $73,000 loan and $30,893 grant; the total cost of the project was $113,657. Work occurred between December 1934 and August 1935. (PWA Docket No. NY 6996)

A waterworks construction project in Porter, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Work occurred between December 1934 and October 1936. (PWA Docket No. NY 6976)