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Business U.S. Highway 79 Underpass – Taylor TX

The Texas Highway Department and the United States Bureau of Public Roads built an underpass in 1939 to separate the grade of U.S. Route 79 and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad (currently Business U.S. Highway 79 and Union Pacific… read more

Project type: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)

High School Gymnasium (former) – Taylor TX

The Bartlett Tribune and News reported in 1935 that Taylor, Texas’s new $35,000 high school gymnasium was financed in part by a PWA grant and loan. The old high school and gymnasium are now part of the Taylor Resource Center,… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Community Centers, Education and Health, Gymnasiums
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Murphy Park Lake Dam – Taylor TX

The WPA constructed this “arch hollow type dam” in what is now Murphy Park in Taylor, TX, during the mid-1930s.

Project type: Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Sewer Extension – Taylor TX

The WPA worked to extend the sewer system in the town of Taylor, Texas during the mid-1930s.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Water Tower (demolished) – Taylor TX

The WPA began construction on a “new elevated water storage tank” for the town of Taylor, Texas in early 1936. Replaced in 2009 and dismantled soon after, the old water tower resided just south and west from its replacement on… read more

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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