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  • Community Center - Talcott WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a community center in Talcott, Summers County. The project started under the Emergency Relief Administration. The two-story brick structure housed a gymnasium, an auditorium, a stage, dressing rooms, and rooms for social gatherings. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Spencer High School Bleachers - Spencer WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built concrete bleachers for the Spencer High School near in Spencer, Roane County.
  • Elementary School - Huntington WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an elementary school near Marshall College (today Marshall University) in Huntington, Cabell County. The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
  • Stonecoal Creek Flood Control - Weston WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed flood control work on Stonecoal Creek. The work performed by WPA crews included widening, straightening, and deepening the channel, and clearing debris. The flood control sought to prevent property damage caused by the overflowing of the creek.
  • Island Creek Flood Control - Omar WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed flood control work on Island Creek in Omar, Logan County. The work performed by WPA crews included building stone walls, widening, straightening, and deepening the channel, and clearing debris. The flood control sought to prevent property damage caused by the overflowing of the creek.
  • Washington Street Sewers - Charleston WV
    Before November 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewer lines along Washington Avenue, between 15th and 20th Streets, in the Kanawha City area of Charleston. It appears that work crews left behind such muddy conditions that Chamberlain Junior High (now Elementary) principal complained in a letter to WPA officials. At the time, the streets were known as 15th (now 44th Street) and 20th (now 49th Street). 20th Street was also known as Main Street.  
  • Venable Avenue Sewers - Charleston WV
    Before November 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewer lines along Venable Avenue, between 15th and 20th Streets, in the Kanawha City area of Charleston. It appears that work crews left behind such muddy conditions that Chamberlain Junior High (now Elementary) principal complained in a letter to WPA officials. At the time, the streets were known as 15th (now 44th Street) and 20th (now 49th Street). 20th Street was also known as Main Street.  
  • Slab Fork Creek Flood Control - Mullens WV
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed flood control work on Slab Fork Creek in Mullens. The work performed by WPA crews included building stone walls, widening, straightening, and deepening the channel, and clearing debris. The flood control sought to prevent property damage caused by the overflowing of the creek.
  • Sanitary Sewer - Barnesville WV
    The Works Progress Administration built sanitary sewers in Barnesville, Marion County.
  • Lewis County Infirmary Repairs - Weston WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed improvements for the Lewis County Infirmary. According the the Charleston Gazette (1936), "The work consisted of “Repairing, renovating and Improving Lewis county infirmary.” The exact location and condition of this facility are unknown to the Living New Deal.
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