Start Year: 1934

A large waterworks construction project in Watervliet, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $163,100 loan and $51,986 grant; the total cost of the project was $219,986. Work occurred between July 1934 and August 1935. (PWA Docket No. NY 3377)

A waterworks construction project in Almond, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $25,500 loan and $8,584 grant; the total cost of the project was $36,450. Work occurred between September 1934 and May 1935. (PWA Docket No. NY 3445)

A sizable waterworks construction project in Plandome, New York was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $52,000 loan and $16,844 grant; the total cost of the project was $67,579. Work occurred between October 1934 and June 1935. (PWA Docket No. NY 3628)

A substantial waterworks construction project in Elizabethtown, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided an $36,000 loan and $13,544 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total cost was $50,649. Construction occurred between July 1934 and June 1935. PWA Docket No. NC 5048.

A substantial waterworks construction project in Murfreesboro, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided a $45,000 loan and $12,831 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total cost was $57,381. Construction occurred between December 1934 and May 1935. PWA Docket No. NC 7109.

A substantial waterworks construction project in Granite Falls, North Carolina was enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds during the Great Depression. The PWA provided a $41,500 loan and $16,830 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total cost was $59,053. Construction began in January 1934. PWA Docket No. NC 1222.

A substantial waterworks and sewer system construction project was undertaken in Moab, Utah during the Great Depression with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA provided a $32,000 loan and $13,118 outright grant to the community for the project, whose total cost was $49,391. Construction occurred between December 1934 and May 1935. PWA Docket No. UT 1951 On January 4, 1934, the Times-Independent newspaper reported that the Moab water/sewer project had been approved by federal officials, which also funded the Moab public school building and Grand County courthouse.  Local voters had previously approved a bond issue in support of...

During the Great Depression, the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) supplied a grant enabling development of the old sewage disposal plant in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The exact location and status of the building are presently unknown to Living New Deal. PWA Docket No. CO 3995

1930 population 887 1934 SUMMER ROADS Town share $116.80 E.R.A. employed 4 men spreading gravel. E.R.A. employed a nurse for the town. 1935 Report of the School Superintendent "Through the efforts of the Selectmen a WPA project for the improvement of public buildings was obtained and work started the first of December. The expense for labor has been borne by the federal government. The town has paid for the material used. According to the agreement the school department agreed to use the balance in its repair account for this purpose and the Selectmen were to provide the additional funds needed. Under this project the Gale, Ell, Adams, Egypt...

The New Deal agencies C.W.A., E.R.A., C.C.C. and W.P.A. were involved in standard relief and infrastructure work in the small resort town of Rangeley according to town reports from 1933 to 1937 1934 E. R. A. Acct. $685.94 C. W. A. Acct. $1,345.00 R. Davenport, use of auto for C.C.C. crew to clear slash on Bald Mt. road $60 00 Harold M. Ferguson, rent of C. C. C. lot $100 00 C. W. A. ACCOUNT OF ADMINISTRATOR* Received from Town Treasurer $1,561 00 20 people employed and 5 companies involved Feb 1935 to Feb 1936 Sixth Annual Report of the BUDGET COMMITTEE 57. W. P. A. Projects, $1,200 00 Feb 1936 to...