In 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewers at Van Buren Street and Georgia Avenue in the district’s northwest quadrant. This work was part of a massive New Deal era program for Washington of sewer construction, separation of sanitary… read more
In 1940, the the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewers on Upton Street, Reno Road, and Thirty-Seventh Street in the district’s northwest quadrant. This work was part of a massive New Deal era program for Washington of sewer construction, separation… read more
In 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewers on Pennsylvania Avenue, Thirty-Eighth Street, and Alabama Avenue in the district’s southeast quadrant. This work was part of a massive New Deal era program for Washington of sewer construction, separation of… read more
In 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewers on Young Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Fairlawn Avenue in the district’s southeast quadrant. The precise location is unknown, but these are probably storm sewers installed that connect to the outfall visible just… read more
The historic post office in Wayne, Michigan housed an example of New Deal artwork: “Landscape near Wayne – 1876,” a mural by Algot Stenbery. The 1939 work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Unfortunately, the whereabouts of… read more
In 1940, in a retrospective on four years of public works improvements in the city, the Washington Post reported that the Works Progress Administration (WPA) had installed a sewer on Minnesota Avenue at Blaine Street in northeast DC. This was… read more
In fiscal year 1934, the DC Government reported that the Public Works Administration (PWA) had allotted $1,759,500 for five sewer projects in the District: northeast boundary sewer, Piney Branch relief sewer, outfall sewer, upper Potomac interceptor, and upper Anacostia main… read more
In 1933, the Public Works Administration allotted $15,000 for the construction of an Upper Potomac Interceptor extension. The Evening Star described this project in its September 3rd (Sunday Star) edition: “This will complete the last link of a sewer located… read more
According to the Washington Post, $220,500 was allotted by the Public Works Administration (PWA) for an outfall sewer extension in 1933. According to DC Water, there are 53 sewer outfalls in the District, so the location of the work… read more
In 1933, the Public Works Administration allotted $400,000 for the construction of the Piney Branch Relief Sewer, a storm sewer running from Arkansas and Iowa avenues NW to 5th and Ingraham streets NW, for a distance of 4,600 feet. A… read more