Critical Thinking Questions   Home       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     The construction of the Grand Coulee Dam was partly a PWA, or Public Works Administration, project. Why was it noteworthy that the PWA was involved in this project? What were the major issues of the day that led to the organization of the PWA? What did the PWA seek to accomplish during this time of the Roosevelt administration? A main reason for the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam was to produce electricity to the booming cities of the Pacific Northwest. What were the environmental and political impacts of such a huge damming of the Columbia River in the state of Washington? The PWA was created in 1931, but was eventually eliminated in 1941. What issues and conditions in the U.S. and abroad led to the eventual end of the PWA?