#OTD in 1935 🧵👇 ‘U.S. Engineers. #MississippiRiver #Dam #10. “P.W.A.” Contract #W741 ENG 1550. Progress in central area of cofferdam. Erecting Tainter Gate in Bay 7. Looking north.’ August 15, 1935 @livingnewdeal.bsky.social
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lronlacy.bsky.social · 0 · 15h ago ‘Dam #10, #Guttenberg, #Iowa. Public Works Administration [P.W.A.]
US Army Corps of Engineers
Dams under construction, Upper Mississippi River Navigation Improvement.’
FDR Presidential Library & Museum
👇 Cf. below: ‘P.W.A. IN ACTION’ Map illustrating PWA projects. 1935.
Peter Adams · 0 · 11h ago Isn't the FDR Library the best? Their war poster collection is off the charts. I found some amazing artifact there for my book: potusphotobook.com