Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was filling and paving work done along Chestnut Street… read more
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was the repair of dikes in New Castle. An… read more
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was highway grading work at Rose Hill. Living New… read more
The “Old Arsenal,” as it is known, was built in 1809, and remodeled by the WPA. From Waymarking.com: “‘It was repaired and remodeled in 1936, partly as a project of the Works Progress Administration and leased (1937) to the Unemployment… read more
“Sites of WPA projects to preserve historic shrines include … Old Court House, Delaware.” Now the New Castle Court House Museum.
“New Castle is historically and architecturally the most important town in Delaware, so that great care had to be taken to provide a post office which would blend with the many fine old colonial buildings. The building constructed accomplishes this…. read more
New Deal mural entitled “William Penn Welcomed at New Castle” painted in 1938 by J. Scott Williams.
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along School Lane in New Castle. An… read more
A municipal waterworks-improvement construction project was undertaken in New Castle, Delaware during the Great Depression, enabled by federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Construction occurred between December 1938 and April 1939. (PWA Docket No. DE X1045)
Delaware utilized substantial federal resources in developing and improving its road network during the Great Depression. Among the dozens of projects undertaken by the federal Civil Works Administration (C.W.A.) during 1934 was construction along West [End] Avenue in Holloway Terrace,… read more