Description: This is a photo of a short span concrete bridge with a concrete road going through a small town in Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. This construction was most likely a part of the Works Progress Administration project, a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173, 000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12, 300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_008
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Concrete bridges; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: The Fort Steuben Bridge is a wire cable suspension bridge that crosses the Ohio River between Steubenville, Ohio and Weirton, West Virginia. Built in 1928 by the Dravo Contracting Co., the bridge was the first suspension bridge on the Ohio River with a concrete floor. Closed in 2008 due to structural weaknesses, Fort Steuben Bridge is slated to be demolished. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_042_001
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Bridges--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Concrete bridges; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "Bridge over Miami River at Franklin, Ohio, 1936." This bridge connects the two sides of Franklin, which was founded in 1796 by General William C. Schenck. This bridge was built between 1932 and 1933 by the Dodge Hussey Company of Columbus at a cost of $120,000. The 4 cast iron lions that decorated the piers of the old 1873 suspension bridge (closed in 1931 due to broken cables) sit at the ends of the bridge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_013_001
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Concrete bridges; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Franklin (Ohio); Warren 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: Caption reads "The old water tower, a well-known landmark in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. Concrete bridge in foreground is reputed to be the first of its kind in this country. Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer, District #12. June 10, 1937 The Eden Park Stand Pipe is located in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio. The brick structure has a cylindrical water tank with a taller octagonal turret attached, was built in 1894 and is 172 feet high. The castle shaped water tower was designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons in the Romanesque Revival style and is now used by the city as a communications facility. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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_015_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Ohio--Cincinnati; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Water towers--Ohio; Stand-pipes; Cincinnati (Ohio). Water Works; Concrete bridges--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The old water tower, a well-known landmark in Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. Concrete bridge in foreground is reputed to be the first of its kind constructed in this country. June 10, 1937." The Eden Park Stand Pipe is located in the Mount Adams community of Cincinnati, Ohio. The brick structure has a cylindrical water tank with a taller octagonal turret attached, was built in 1894 and is 172 feet high. The castle shaped water tower was designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons in the Romanesque Revival style and is now used by the city as a communications facility. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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_B03F09_010_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Parks--Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio. Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works. & Recreation, Division of; Parks--Ohio; Water towers--Ohio; Stand-pipes; Cincinnati (Ohio). Water Works; Concrete bridges--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)