United States, Georgia, Effingham County, 32.36731, -81.341341936View of a section of the western outlet of Harden Swamp canal before reconstruction by the Works Progress Administration's malaria drainage program, along a section of Dean Forest Road in Effingham County, Georgia.The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal agency created by executive order in 1935 that provided employment to United States citizens through public works projects and educational programs. Most expenditures went to the construction of highways, roads, parks, public buildings, dams, and sewers. Other programs included literacy projects, vocational education, historical records surveys, and the arts. The Works Progress Administration was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1937. Congress discontinued the agency in 1943.image/jpegVIS 77.09.04ahc077009004a.jpgMSS 522, Gay Bolling Shepperson Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Gay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterSanitation--GeorgiaWetlands--GeorgiaReclamation of land--GeorgiaCivil engineering--GeorgiaCanal construction--GeorgiaSpanish moss--GeorgiaUnited States. Works Progress Administration of GeorgiaNew Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaWPA Malaria Drainage ProjectStillImage