The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a firehouse in the then unincorporated area of Broderick (now West Sacramento) for the Washington Fire District. The building is now privately owned. According to the Sacramento Bee on May 13, 2016, the station… read more
WPA Job Card: WPA Project No. 65-3-4804, Approval Date 2-18-36, $7,711, “Sacramento River By-pass. Levee reconstruction. Move levees running across by-pass, the dirt to be scraped into the paralleling ditch from which it originated.” (Reclamation Bd.) “WPA Project No. 6654,… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) carried out flood control works on the Sacramento River across twenty counties in Northern California, beginning in 1939. The project was sponsored by the State of California Department of Public Works and the work was… read more