Public Works Administration (PWA)

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The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression by funding large-scale public infrastructure projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.

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Generate an image of the Public Works Administration (PWA) (The Public Works Administration (PWA) was a New Deal U.S. government agency created in 1933 to stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression by funding large-scale public infrastructure projects such as dams, bridges, schools, and hospitals.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency ⓘ
United States federal government agency ⓘ
abbreviation PWA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdByAct National Industrial Recovery Act ⓘ
dateOfAct 1933 ⓘ
director Harold L. Ickes ⓘ
dissolved 1944 ⓘ
distinctFrom Civilian Conservation Corps ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
economicPolicyType Keynesian fiscal stimulus ⓘ
linked to: Keynesian economics
employerOf construction workers ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic recovery policy ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
public construction ⓘ
financingMethod federal government spending ⓘ
focus large-scale, long-term infrastructure projects ⓘ
foundedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
funded airports ⓘ
bridges ⓘ
dams ⓘ
highways ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
schools ⓘ
sewage systems ⓘ
waterworks ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod New Deal era ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
inception 1933 ⓘ
keyPerson Harold L. Ickes ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
mainPurpose create employment through construction projects ⓘ
finance large-scale public works projects ⓘ
stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression ⓘ
namedAfter public works ⓘ
notableProject Grand Coulee Dam ⓘ
Hoover Dam ⓘ
LaGuardia Airport ⓘ
Lincoln Tunnel ⓘ
Triborough Bridge ⓘ
officeHeldByKeyPerson United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
partOf New Deal ⓘ
programType public works program ⓘ
replacedBy various successor public works and defense agencies ⓘ
scaleOfProjects major capital-intensive construction ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ

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Public Works Administration → alsoKnownAs → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge → builtBy → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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Federal Works Agency → replaced → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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Federal Works Agency → hasPart → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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Federal Works Agency → formedByMergerOf → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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Executive Order 7037 → relatedTo → New Deal public works programs ⓘ
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National Industrial Recovery Act → createdAgency → Public Works Administration ⓘ
subject linked to: NIRA
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Harold L. Ickes → participatedIn → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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David E. Lilienthal → workedOn → New Deal public power programs ⓘ
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Bonneville Dam → partOf → New Deal public works projects ⓘ
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Bonneville Dam → authorizedBy → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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Bureau of Community Facilities → precededBy → Public Works Administration ⓘ
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Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 → preceded → New Deal public works programs ⓘ
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Aberdeen Gardens → developedUnderProgram → New Deal housing program ⓘ
subject linked to: Aberdeen Gardens neighborhood
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Aberdeen Gardens → hasCharacteristic → New Deal model community ⓘ
subject linked to: Aberdeen Gardens neighborhood
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