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Municipal Waterworks – Moncks Corner SC

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Public Works Administration funded the construction of municipal waterworks in Moncks Corner SC. Before the waterworks construction, the townspeople of Moncks Corner relied on individual electric pumps and wells for their water supply.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water supply
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA), Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

Lakeside Gymnasium – Chisago City MN

The Lakeside School was built in 1918 in Chisago City, MN. The original school was not built with an auditorium or anywhere for entertainment, plays, etc. and after 30 years the gymnasium in the school had fallen into disarray and… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Paynesville Sidewalks and Curbs – Paynesville MN

Starting in the spring of 1938, a Works Progress Administration (WPA) team laid 2,000 square feet of sidewalk and 4,000 linear feet of curbing in downtown Paynesville MN. The St. Cloud Times reported that the Stearns Country WPA projects were… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels, Sidewalks and Stairs
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Pearl River Community College: Hancock Hall Vocational Building – Poplarville MS

NYA boys on the Pearl River Junior College campus erected a vocational building, while the girls worked in home economics. Hancock Hall was completed 1938 by the National Youth Administration. The architect was Robert William Naef. The building was destroyed… read more

New Deal Agencies: National Youth Administration (NYA)

Ogden River Project: Distribution Canals – Ogden UT

The Ogden River Project provides irrigation water for 25,000 acres of land along the Wasatch Front around Ogden UT, as well as supplemental water for the City of Ogden. The anchor of the project is Pineview Dam in Ogden Canyon… read more

Project type: Forestry and Agriculture, Irrigation water and canals, Water supply
New Deal Agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Administration (PWA)

Teacher’s Home – Hurricane MS

The superintendent’s house for the Hurricane School complex was constructed 1938 by the National Youth Administration as project W. P. 5206, Application 921. The stone veneer house used stone from the NYA quarry in Pontotoc County and shingles from the… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
New Deal Agencies: National Youth Administration (NYA)

New Jersey Avenue Sewage Pumping Station – Washington DC

The Public Works Administration completed improvements at the New Jersey Avenue Sewage Pumping Station between 1939 and 1940. The work consisted of “electrical installation.”

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and water disposal
New Deal Agencies: Public Works Administration (PWA)

School – Corinth MS

The Corinth High School was constructed 1938-1939 by Wessell Construction Company as Public Works Administration project W1250. Architects were Stevens and Johnston. The Art Moderne two story brick building was approved 6/22/1938 for a grant of $65,454 toward estimated cost… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Gymnasium – Cleveland MS

The gymnasium was constructed 1938-1939 as Public Works Administration project W1232. Architect E. L. Malvaney designed the gymnasium with a seating capacity of 1000, offices for athletic officials, dressing rooms, and a band hall on the second floor. It was… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

Schools (Former) – Byram MS

The Works Progress Administration made an allotment for a “new, modernistic school building” for Byram Elementary School, completed in October 1938. The Public Works Administration (PWA) W1183 funded construction for new buildings and improvements for five Hinds County schools 1938-1939,… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
New Deal Agencies: Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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