Description: John A. Roebling suspension bridge over the Ohio River was completed in 1866 and connects Cincinnati, Ohio to Covington, Kentucky. Photograph ca. 1935-1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_030
Subjects: Suspension bridges--Ohio--Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a wasteway, which is a channel that diverts an overflow of water. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Old Waste-Way, Celina, O., July, 1916." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_026
Subjects: Waterworks; Bridges; Canals; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Celina (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)
 

Description: 3"x 4" photograph of a steel truss bridge from a collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The model is a replica of a highway bridge over the Wabash river in Mercer County, Ohio. The model is length 59.5", width 15", height 13.5". Photographs and descriptions of models were included in the book "Models for the Blind," compiled by workers of the Ohio Writers' Program. The book was meant as a guide, to be used in the building and study of models, and as documentation of the achievements at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The models were a result of research, design and construction by employees of the Works Projects Administration. Models were made of durable materials to withstand regular usage. The average cost of labor for larger models was $45. A special room was built to store the models where teachers could borrow them to be used in classroom instruction. In 1837, the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. It was the first in the nation to be created and maintained entirely by the State government. The school opened its doors in 1839, and it was located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but upon moving to a new building in 1874, more than three hundred students could attend at one time. Between 1839 and 1901, 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953, the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education (kindergarten through high school) at the institution. In addition, the Ohio State School for the Blind offered vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_019_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Truss Bridges Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "A view of the Cuyahoga River, looking N.W. from bluff near Columbus Rd., Cleveland." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_45_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Bridges--Ohio--Cleveland
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a spillway, which is a structure used to control the release of water flow from a dam or another waterwork. The caption underneath the photograph reads: "Spillway North of Tippecanoe City, O.| July, 1916." The attached typed description on the back of the page reads: "PHOTOGRAPH No. 11.| SPILLWAY NORTH OF TIPPECANOE CITY.| This structure was built by The Dayton and Troy Electric Company as no appropriation was available for the department to construct the same. This spillway replaces the old timber spillway washed out by the high water in 1915." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_011
Subjects: Waterworks; Bridges; Canals; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads "Bridge over Driveway in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio" Eden Park Located between Gilbert Avenue and Columbia Parkway (U.S.) and comprised of about 185 acres in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio, Eden Park was assembled by a series of purchases beginning in 1859. The name came, naturally, from the Garden of Eden and was given by Nicholas Longworth who owned a large tract which constitutes the main portion of the park. Eden Park is the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Academy, the Navigation Monument, the Capitoline Wolf Statue, and the Irwin M. Krohn (Eden Park) Conservatory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_011_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Concrete bridges--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View near Dixie Highway near Franklin, O. May 1937." The Dixie Highway, constructed from 1915 to 1927, was a network of roads that connected the Midwest with the Southern part of the United States. In the early years, the Federal government played little role, but from the early 1920s on, it provided increasing funding, until 1927 when the Dixie Highway was taken over as part of the United States highway system. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_021_1
Subjects: Dixie Highway; Hydraulic structures--Ohio; Stone bridges
Places: Franklin (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing a lock in Delpos, Ohio, which was used to control water flow. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Old Lock to be replaced by Wall, Delphos, O., July, 1916." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_033
Subjects: Waterworks; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Canals; Dams; Bridges; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Delphos (Ohio); Allen County (Ohio)
 

Description: 7" x 4.5" photograph of a steel truss bridge from a collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The model is a replica of a highway bridge over the Wabash river in Mercer County, Ohio. The model is length 59.5", width 15", height 13.5". Photographs and descriptions of models were included in the book "Models for the Blind," compiled by workers of the Ohio Writers' Program. The book was meant as a guide, to be used in the building and study of models, and as documentation of the achievements at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The models were a result of research, design and construction by employees of the Works Projects Administration. Models were made of durable materials to withstand regular usage. The average cost of labor for larger models was $45. A special room was built to store the models where teachers could borrow them to be used in classroom instruction. In 1837, the Ohio government established the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio State School for the Blind. It was the first public school for the blind in the United States. It was the first in the nation to be created and maintained entirely by the State government. The school opened its doors in 1839, and it was located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Any blind children residing in Ohio could attend the institution. Eleven students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind this first year. The school initially had a maximum capacity of sixty students, but upon moving to a new building in 1874, more than three hundred students could attend at one time. Between 1839 and 1901, 2,058 students enrolled at the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, with 339 attending in 1901 alone. In the early 1900s, the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind became known as the Ohio State School for the Blind, and the Ohio Department of Education assumed control of the school. In 1953, the school moved ten miles north of its original location to its present home. In 2005, 126 students enrolled in the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students as young as three and as old as twenty-one years of age attended the school. Students could receive their entire education (kindergarten through high school) at the institution. In addition, the Ohio State School for the Blind offered vocational training for its students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_057_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Truss Bridges Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows three boys approaching a covered bridge in Fairfield County, Ohio. The photograph's caption reads "Off for a day's adventure, Fairfield County." Ohio has a large number of covered bridges, falling second only to Pennsylvania in quantity. Within the state of Ohio, Fairfield and Ashtabula Counties lead the state in containing the most original covered bridges. Most of the covered bridges in Fairfield County were built between 1871-1906, with original construction beginning in 1849. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_001_001
Subjects: Covered bridges--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio; Boys; Children; Summer
Places: Fairfield County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Dead End in Cleveland. The River front along the Cuyahoga River. (This is a detail enlarged form a more general view.) District #4, Cleveland, Ohio. Project Photographer: Frank Jaffa, 1940. File Negative #133." Cuyahoga River and buildings along the river are pictured. Main Ave. Bridge is pictured in the background. The Main Ave. (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge, in its current state, opened October 6, 1939. The 6 lane bridge is Ohio's longest elevated structure at 8,000ft. Earlier bridges of varying sophistication have connected the East and West shores of the Cuyahoga River in this location since the mid-1800s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_08_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Bridges--Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Clark County, Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1936. Bronze tablet on Wittenberg Ave. Underpass Bridge installed by Springfield Conservancy District, in commemoration of WPA Labor used on the bridge." The plaque reads: "Erected A.D. 1936. W.P.A. Project Sponsored By The Springfield Conservancy District. Directors Paul A. Montanus, Armin L. Kelly, Ernest C. Janson." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F06_03_01
Subjects: Streets--Ohio; Bridges--Ohio; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)