Engineering Department Annual Reports, 1899-1985.

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Engineering Department Annual Reports, 1899-1985.

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The 1909 report of Refuse Destructor No. 1 is also included in this series. This report includes information on composition of refuse, number of tons of refuse burned, temperature, and other statistics. The reports contain detailed information on paving, sewers, bridges, construction, arterial design, and many other types of work. For example, reports in the 1930s contain information on Works Progress Administration projects and the 1940 reports contains photographs of seawall construction. Separate financial and statistical reports, primarily in the 1950s through the 1970s, follow the annual report. Traffic Division reports exist for 1940 to 1975 and cover traffic surveys, traffic planning, design, signals, signs and markings, various graphs of traffic accidents, and other information. Sewer utility reports exist for 1956 to 1958 and recycling and waste reduction reports date from 1983 to 1985.

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

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The Seattle Engineering Dept. (SED) maintained the city's streets and bridges, designed and oversaw construction of public works projects, provided traffic and transportation planning, and operated the sewer and solid waste utility. The position of City Surveyor was created in 1873 to survey the city, establish boundaries and street grades, and administer condemnation processes. This position was renamed City Engineer in 1890. In 1931 the Engineering Dept. absorbed part of the Dept. of Public Ut...

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