United States, Georgia, Effingham County, 32.36731, -81.341341936View of a section of a rice field canal in Chatham County, Georgia before reconstruction as an outlet for the Harden Swamp Canal by the Works Progress Administration's malaria drainage program.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 77.09.08ahc077009008a.jpgGay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterMSS 522, Gay Bolling Shepperson Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Sanitation--GeorgiaWetlands--GeorgiaReclamation of land--GeorgiaCivil engineering--GeorgiaCanal construction--GeorgiaSpanish moss--GeorgiaUnited States. Works Progress Administration of GeorgiaNew Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaWPA Malaria Drainage ProjectStillImage