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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Public Works Administration	8
New Deal public works programs	2
New Deal public power programs	1
New Deal public works projects	1
Public Works Administration (PWA) canonical	1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ