• Flood Control - Owego NY
    The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed fifteen laborers to conduct flood control work for two thousand feet along Owego Creek. The activity involved timber cribbing and diking "to protect the banks washed out in the July and March floods." The WPA photo above shows WPA workers filling in back of the dike "...with stone and shale rock" (WPA).  
  • Water System - Owego NY
    A waterworks construction project in Owego, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $22,500 grant; the total cost of the project was $51,381. Work occurred between May and October 1936. (PWA Docket No. NY 1176)