Disambiguation evidence for Public Works Administration (PWA) via surface form

"Public Works Administration"


As subject (49)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Public Works Administration".

Predicate Object
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
distinctFrom Works Progress Administration
economicPolicyType Keynesian economics
surface form: Keynesian fiscal stimulus
employerOf construction workers
fieldOfWork economic recovery policy
fieldOfWork infrastructure development
fieldOfWork 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
funded bridges
funded dams
funded highways
funded hospitals
funded public buildings
funded schools
funded sewage systems
funded waterworks
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalPeriod New Deal
surface form: New Deal era
inception 1933
instanceOf New Deal agency
instanceOf United States federal government agency
keyPerson Harold L. Ickes
legislatedBy United States Congress
mainPurpose create employment through construction projects
mainPurpose finance large-scale public works projects
mainPurpose stimulate economic recovery during the Great Depression
namedAfter public works
notableProject Grand Coulee Dam
notableProject Hoover Dam
notableProject LaGuardia Airport
notableProject Lincoln Tunnel
notableProject 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

As object (7)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Public Works Administration".

Bonneville Dam authorizedBy
"Public Works Administration"
Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge builtBy
"Public Works Administration"
NIRA createdAgency
"Public Works Administration"
surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act
Federal Works Agency formedByMergerOf
"Public Works Administration"
Federal Works Agency hasPart
"Public Works Administration"
Harold L. Ickes participatedIn
"Public Works Administration"
Federal Works Agency replaced
"Public Works Administration"