Survival: No Longer Extant

Texas A&M's old creamery building was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression. The building, whose exact location on campus is presently unknown to Living New Deal, has since been demolished. The PWA supplied a $12,200 grant toward the $42,251 total cost of the project. Work occurred between August and December 1934. (PWA Docket No. TX 5803)

Asheville, North Carolina's old airport (since replaced by Asheville Regional Airport, which is located at a different site) was developed in part by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). "The Federal Works Progress Administration spends $170,000 to build one paved and two sod runways." (AshevilleNC.gov) The airport was reputedly located in the nearby town of Fletcher, and is most likely the airport that had been known as Asheville-Hendersonville Airport, which is long gone. The facility was located at the site of the present 4NC6: Cane Creek Airport, at the coordinates provided.

"The town had the first municipally owned swimming pool west of Asheville. The stone and concrete pool was built in 1938 by the WPA during the Great Depression; it was demolished in 1969 to be replaced by the current ." (Wikipedia)

A water tank construction project in Exeter, Rhode Island was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $8,054 grant; the total cost of the project was $28,565. Work occurred between August 1935 and May 1936. The exact location and status of the old water tank is unknown to Living New Deal. It is probable that the water tower is no longer extant. (PWA Docket No. RI 5894)

Chicago, Illinois's old Laramie Viaduct, which carried South Laramie Ave. over the railroad line just south of I-290, was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1939. The bridge was demolished ca. 2010.

Oxford, Massachusetts's old town garage was constructed with the assistance of the federal Work Projects Administration (WPA) ca. 1940. The exact location and present status of the project is unknown to Living New Deal, but it is believed that the structure is no longer extant.

Four murals depicting pivotal scenes from the history of Portsmouth, New Hampshire were commissioned by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) and painted by artist Gladys Brannigan. They were installed in the auditorium of Portsmouth Middle School (on Parrott Avenue) in 1936. The current location or status of the murals is unknown.

The former toll bridge connecting Alburg, Vermont and Rouses Point, New York, which carried U.S. 2 across Lake Champlain, was constructed between 1936 and 1937 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The bridge was replaced with a no-toll bridge 50 years later. The PWA provided a $343,131 grant toward the $768,555 total cost of the project. 1011.]

The federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds provided funding for the construction of the old 1936 high school in Kennewick, Washington. The PWA provided a grant of $56,454; the total cost of the project was $140,054. The building has since been demolished.

A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that $780 was "allotted for work in the Puyallup City Library." The old library was located on what is now Pioneer Park.