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.

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Label Occurrences
PWA canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency ⓘ
United States federal government agency ⓘ
abbreviation PWA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
budget several billion US dollars ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
focus large-scale, long-term public works projects ⓘ
foundedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: New Deal era
inception 1933 ⓘ
legalBasis National Industrial Recovery Act ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Works Administration → alsoKnownAs → PWA ⓘ
PWA → abbreviation → PWA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Works Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act → abbreviationOfAgencyCreated → PWA ⓘ
Public Works Administration (PWA) → abbreviation → PWA ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Works Administration