N.Y.C. Dept of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Initially founded as the New York Board of Water Supply in 1905, the New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity was the predecessor of the present-day Department of Environmental Protection. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the DWSGE employed numerous Works Projects Administration workers; one of its chief accomplishments of the period was the assembly of a water waste force to study and propose solutions for water use and waste in the city. In the year surrounding World War II, the Department also launched a WPA poster campaign to discourage residents from wasting water, as well as bolstering the already-established Water Waste Force assembled in 1934 [1]. In 1958, the DWSGE... more.

We have 6 objects that N.Y.C. Dept of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity has been involved with.

Drawing, Design for New York City Streetlight: Street View

Drawing, Design for New York City Streetlight

Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole

Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole with Emergency Call Boxes

Drawing, Design for New York City Streelight Pole with Emergency Call Boxes and Speaker

N.Y.C. Dept of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity has collaborated with
Donald Deskey Associates and
Alexander Lurkis.

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Person ID: 18048425
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