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Virginia. Board of Public Works (603)

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An act of the General Assembly approved February 14, 1853 authorized formation of the Franklin and Monterey Road Company to construct a state road from Franklin in Pendleton County to Monterey in Highland County. The act was amended April 1, 1858 to approve one toll gate midway but exempting local traffic provided the two counties ensure maintenance. An act of the General Assembly passed February 25, 1850 approved incorporation of the New Creek and Hardy Turnpike Company...

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Ohio. Division of Public Works (110)

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The duties of the Department of Public Works originated in 1822 with the Board of Canal Commissioners. The Board of Canal Commissioners became the Board of Public Works in 1836 and was replaced by the Canal Commission in 1838. The Board of Public Works was recreated in 1839 and was replaced by the Superintendent of Public Works in 1912. In 1921, the powers and duties of the superintendent, the state highway commissioner, the chief highway engineer, and the state building commissioner were inv...

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Public Works of Art Project. (108)

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Cecil Jones was the business director of the PWAP. Rowan was the assistant technical director of the PWAP. He worked closely with Edward Bruce, the director of the PWAP. Federally funded art project of the Treasury Department initiated in order to provide jobs for unemployed artists during the Depression. Under the PWAP the country was divided into 16 regions each of which had its own director who answered to the national di...

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United States. Public Works Administration (68)

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The Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project to improve navigation on and provide hydro-electric power from the Santee and Cooper Rivers was authorized by the South Carolina legislature in 1934. Federal approval for the Project was granted in 1935 and construction takes place from 1939-1941; power generation begins in 1942. Fossil fuel generating stations constructed in 1951, 1966, 1972, 1977 and 1981 and a nuclear plant, in cooperation with South Carolina Electric & Gas, opene...

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Ohio. Board of Public Works (1836-1912) (136)

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The duties of the Department of Public Works originated in 1822 with the Board of Canal Commissioners. The Board of Canal Commissioners became the Board of Public Works in 1836 and was replaced by the Canal Commission in 1838. The Board of Public Works was recreated in 1839 and was replaced by the Superintendent of Public Works in 1912. In 1921, the powers and duties of the superintendent, the state highway commissioner, the chief highway engineer, and the state building commissioner were inv...

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New York (State). Dept. of Public Works. (100)

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Although the Department of Public Works was created in 1923, the office of Deputy Superintendent did not exist until the appointment of Bertram D. Tollamy on January 16, 1945. The Deputy Superintendent was the head of the Department's executive staff as well its second ranking administrative official. As such these files reflect the departments responsibilities to plan, design, construct and maintain highways, bridges and grade separation structures, canals and waterways, and State owned buil...

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Ohio. Superintendent of Public Works (35)

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The duties of the Department of Public Works originated in 1822 with the Board of Canal Commissioners. The Board of Canal Commissioners became the Board of Public Works in 1836 and was replaced by the Canal Commission in 1838. The Board of Public Works was recreated in 1839 and was replaced by the Superintendent of Public Works in 1912. In 1921, the powers and duties of the superintendent, the state highway commissioner, the chief highway engineer, and the state building commissioner were inv...

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New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works (51)

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Illinois. Department of Public Works and Buildings (51)

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The Department of Public Works and Buildings was created by the Civil Administrative Code of 1917. It supervised operation of state highways, waterways and water resources, parks, printing, purchasing, and construction of state facilities. New agency absorbed State Highway Department and formed Waterways Division of Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners, the Rivers and Lakes Commission, and Illinois Waterway Commission. In 1925 Waterways Division was relocated in Department o...

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Maryland. Board of Public Works (25)

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The Board of Public Works is an agency unique to Maryland. Its duties have changed dramtically since its first incarnation in 1825; the original nature of the board bears no resemblance to its current one. The board created by the General Assembly in 1825 grew out of the desire for "internal improvements" to the state, such as making the major rivers and streams navigable and connecting them by canals. This board, which lasted only three years, was designed to look for potential...

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