PWA

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New Deal agency United States federal government agency

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

Aliases (1)

Public Works Administration ×49

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Deal agency → United States federal government agency →
abbreviation	PWA →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
budget	several billion US dollars →
country	United States →
differentiatedFrom	Works Progress Administration →
director	Harold L. Ickes →
dissolved	1944 →
employed	private construction firms →
fieldOfWork	economic policy → employment policy → infrastructure → public construction →
financedBy	United States federal government →
focus	large-scale, long-term public works projects →
foundedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
funded	bridges → dams → government buildings → highways → hospitals → schools → sewage systems → waterworks →
headOfGovernmentBody	Harold L. Ickes →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
historicalPeriod	New Deal era →
inception	1933 →
legalBasis	National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 →
mainPurpose	economic recovery → modernization of national infrastructure → public works construction → reduction of unemployment →
namedAfter	public works →
notableProject	Grand Coulee Dam → Hoover Dam → LaGuardia Airport → Lincoln Tunnel → Overseas Highway → Triborough Bridge →
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Interior →
partOf	New Deal → Roosevelt administration programs →
policy	contracts with private companies rather than direct hiring of workers →
positionHeldBy	Harold L. Ickes →
replacedBy	Federal Works Agency →
significantEvent	creation under the National Industrial Recovery Act →
timePeriod	Great Depression →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Public Works Administration → Public Works Administration →	abbreviation
National Industrial Recovery Act →	abbreviationOfAgencyCreated
Public Works Administration →	alsoKnownAs