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8 unusual facts about Department of Public Works


Cecil Cooper

His ball-playing father, Roy, worked with a nearby Department of Public Works.

Edward Zinn

In 1910 he was appointed special assessment clerk in the Department of Public Works of the City of Milwaukee but in 1912 returned to engineering.

Efficient Basing-Grafenwöhr

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District has established an EBG Program Office on site to more effectively integrate with the local Department of Public Works (DPW) office and Bauamt offices.

Estevan Antonio Fuertes

From 1861 to 1863, he was assistant engineer in the Department of Public Works, Puerto Rico, and subsequently served as director of public works for the western district of that island.

Georges Sorel

He became chief engineer with the Department of Public Works, stationed briefly in Corsica, and for a longer period in Perpignan.

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Act 47 also created the Department of Public Works and transferred to that department the state’s administrative functions involving flood control, water management, and aeronautics.

St. Stephen's Church, Delhi

The church was built in 1862, by Anglican missionaries and DPW Engineers in the style of Italian Gothic architecture.

Washington Mews

In 1881, New York City's Department of Public Works ordered the construction of Washington Mews first gates at each end, in an apparent attempt to distinguish the Mews from public streets.


Eucumbene Dam

The dam was constructed by a consortium comprising the Department of Public Works and Kaiser-Walsh-Perini-Raymond based on engineering plans developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Public Works, under contract from the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Authority.

Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project

The federal government's procurement agency, the Department of Public Works, placed a Request for Proposal in 1988 to Canadian shipbuilders for construction of 12 MCDVs.


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Andrew Andersons

He became an architect with the former New South Wales Department of Public Works in 1964, Principal Architect Special Projects Section in 1967, Assistant Government Architect in 1984.

Charles Reidpath

For 15 years he worked in the city department of public works, and in 1956 helped build the Federal Reserve Bank as superintendent of construction for architects.

Kings Beach, California

In November, 2009 a California Golden beaver family was caught in snares underwater and drowned in Griff Creek, a stream in King's Beach, California when Placer County Department of Public Works ordered their removal for fear that the beaver would cause flooding.

Wolseley Expedition

The expedition travelled to Georgian Bay, then by steamer across Lake Huron to the U.S. Sault Canal where men and materiel had to be transported on the Canadian side of the river, across Lake Superior to the Department of Public Works station at Thunder Bay which Wolseley named Prince Arthur's Landing on May 25, 1870, in honour of Queen Victoria's third son.