Elephant house (Washington, D.C.)
| building, zoo enclosure / exhibit, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
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District of Columbia /
Washington /
Washington, D.C.
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/ USA
/ District of Columbia
/ Washington
World / United States / District of Columbia
building, zoo enclosure / exhibit, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]
Completed in 1937 as a Public Works Administration project. The PWA was a New Deal program that operated during the Great Depression between 1933 and 1944. The program provided funds to private contractors to build large-scale projects proposed by states as a means of economic stimulus.
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Coordinates: 38°55'52"N 77°3'4"W
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