Public Works Administration (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 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 →
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 →
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 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Public Works Administration →	alsoKnownAs
Bonneville Dam ("Public Works Administration") →	authorizedBy
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge ("Public Works Administration") →	builtBy
National Industrial Recovery Act ("Public Works Administration") →	createdAgency
Federal Works Agency ("Public Works Administration") →	formedByMergerOf
Federal Works Agency ("Public Works Administration") →	hasPart
Harold L. Ickes ("Public Works Administration") →	participatedIn
Bonneville Dam ("New Deal public works projects") →	partOf
Executive Order 7037 ("New Deal public works programs") →	relatedTo
Federal Works Agency ("Public Works Administration") →	replaced
David E. Lilienthal ("New Deal public power programs") →	workedOn