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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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency ⓘ
United States federal government agency ⓘ
abbreviation PWA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdByAct National Industrial Recovery Act ⓘ
dateOfAct 1933 ⓘ
director Harold L. Ickes ⓘ
dissolved 1944 ⓘ
distinctFrom Civilian Conservation Corps ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
economicPolicyType Keynesian economics ⓘ
surface form: Keynesian fiscal stimulus
employerOf construction workers ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic recovery policy ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
public construction ⓘ
financingMethod federal government spending ⓘ
focus large-scale, long-term infrastructure projects ⓘ
foundedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
funded airports ⓘ
bridges ⓘ
dams ⓘ
highways ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
schools ⓘ
sewage systems ⓘ
waterworks ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal era
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 (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Federal Works Agency → replaced → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Federal Works Agency → hasPart → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Federal Works Agency → formedByMergerOf → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Executive Order 7037 → relatedTo → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Deal public works programs
NIRA → createdAgency → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
subject surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Harold L. Ickes → participatedIn → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
David E. Lilienthal → workedOn → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Deal public power programs
Bonneville Dam → partOf → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Deal public works projects
Bonneville Dam → authorizedBy → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Bureau of Community Facilities → precededBy → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Works Administration
Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 → preceded → Public Works Administration (PWA) ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Deal public works programs