Public Works Administration

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The Public Works Association was an organization founded in the United States in 1933 to promote the US economy and improve infrastructure . The Public Works Association (PWA) was founded by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a consequence of the economic crisis .

Emergence

The PWA was part of the New Deal . The New Deal was a set of measures against the Great Depression after the economic crisis. In contrast to many other measures, the PWA was not an idea of ​​Roosevelt, but was proposed by the then US Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins . Perkins' idea was incorporated into the National Industry Recovery Act of June 1933 and established as the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, renamed the Public Works Administration in 1935. Chairman of the new authority, based in Washington who was Minister of the Interior Harold L. Ickes .

Effects on the economy

The PWA contributed with many large projects to the recovery of the US economy, which had been on the ground since 1929. The PWA is seen as one of the most important measures of the New Deal and pumped a total of six billion dollars into the economic cycle . The ambitious projects created jobs and a modern industry emerged. In addition to the sometimes spectacular large-scale projects, the PWA also built streets and houses, but this was the main task of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which was founded as part of the New Deal for smaller projects. Thanks to the work of PWA and WPA, the infrastructure in the USA could be sustainably improved.

Projects

The Overseas Highway between the mainland and Key West

The PWA built countless school and court buildings, residential buildings, roads, industrial plants, bridges, tunnels and airports in the USA. The following structures are probably the most famous PWA projects:

PWA builds the Bonneville Dam in Oregon

closure

In 1943 the authority was officially closed because the Second World War required the economy to be converted to a war economy . As a result, the PWA was no longer needed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Public Works Administration (PWA) | United States history . In: Encyclopedia Britannica . ( britannica.com [accessed April 8, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Works Progress Administration (WPA) | Living New Deal. Retrieved April 8, 2017 (American English).
  3. ^ Public Works Administration. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
  4. ^ Public Works Administration. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 9, 2017 ; Retrieved April 8, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.americanet.de
  5. ^ LaGuardia Airport - Flushing NY - Living New Deal . In: Living New Deal . ( livingnewdeal.org [accessed April 8, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Los Angeles New Deal projects | Living New Deal. Retrieved April 8, 2017 (American English).
  7. ^ Fort Peck Dam - Fort Peck MT - Living New Deal . In: Living New Deal . ( livingnewdeal.org [accessed April 8, 2017]).