Description: The Taylorsville Dam, 20.5m, on the Great Miami River, is one of five dams of the Miami conservancy district. It was built after the flood of 1912 inundated parts of Dayton. Reverse reads "Taylorsville Dam, from the East End". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_013_001
Subjects: Dams--1910-1920.; Dams--History.; Dams--Ohio--Dayton Region--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of the check dams to prevent gully washes. Forty erosion control dams were constructed in several badly washed gullies. This photo was taken as part of Project No. 46b, Erosion Control. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_nov34_b11_17
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Dams
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows the ice jam above the Lockington Dam. This is a view from upstream, illustrating that the dam holds back ice and protects Dayton further downstream. Lockington Dam is an earthen embankment located across the Loramie Creek in southern Shelby County near the Village of Lockington. The road across the top of the dam is a maintenance road closed to the public. Construction of the dam began in February of 1918 and was completed in October of 1921. It is currently operated by the Miami Conservancy District. The MCD was born as a direct result of the 1913 flood. The Flood of 1913 is known as the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. Soon after the flood, residents raised enough money to hire a young engineer to develop a regional flood protection system that has protected the region since 1922. While maintaining the commitment to its core mission of flood protection, over the years MCD has been at the forefront of emerging water issues, growing as needed to meet the region’s water needs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F06_014_001
Subjects: Flood control; Dams--1910-1920; Dams--History; Dams--Ohio--Dayton Region--History--20th century--Pictorial works
Places: Lockington (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photo of the log check dams. The photo was taken as part of Project No. 46b, Erosion Control. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_feb35_b35_62
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Dams
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "On south abutment of Madriver State Dam, March 15, 1933. 3:11 p.m.". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F06_008
Subjects: Dams--1930-1940; Dams--Ohio--Dayton Region--History--20th century--Pictorial works
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Rivers + Dams By Yamada Studio North Broadway New Phila Tappan Dam" This is a photo of Tappan Dam under construction. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F11_013_001
Subjects: Dams
Places: Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "View of tunnels of Mohawk Dam built across Walhonding River. Completed late summer of 1937. Length about 2550' and 115 high from bed of river." Mohawk Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938 and was built along with 13 other dams to control flooding within the Muskingum River watershed. Work began in April 1935 and the dam was completed in September 1937. The embankment is rolled earth with an impervious core, having a maximum height of 115.5 feet. The crest length of the dam is 2300 feet at elevation 914.5. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F11_002_001
Subjects: Dams--Ohio
Places: Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Charles Mill Dam. Located three miles above the village of Coulter. (Ashland Co.)" Charles Mill Dam was constructed in 1935-36 and is primarily for flood control but also for recreation and fish and wildlife management. It is a rolled earth fill dam with an impervious, water resistent, clay core. The dam, is 48 feet high, 1,390 feet long and 20 feet wide. This flood reduction system also includes two dikes and one levee. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F11_003_001
Subjects: Dams--Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Dams; Flood control; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Pleasant Hill Dam, is located on the Clear Fork of the Mohican River, 5 miles west of Loudenville and 2 miles south of Perrysville, in Ashland County." Completed in 1936, Pleasant Hill Dam was constructed for flood reduction, recreation, and fish and wildlife management. The dam is made up of rolled earth fill with an impervious, water proof, core of clay. It is 113 feet high, 775 feet long, with a top width of 30 feet, and a base width of 550 feet. A unique feature of this flood control structure is the 'Morning Glory Spillway', one of only two dams built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with this type spillway. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F11_006_001
Subjects: Dams--Ohio
Places: Perrysville (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Taylorsville Dam, an earthen embankment located across the Great Miami River in northeastern Montgomery County near the City of Vandalia. U.S. 40 goes across the top of the dam. The dam was built to temporarily store floodwater and has no gates or permanent pool. It is 2,980 feet long and 67 feet high. There are four concrete conduits through the base of the embankment near the east abutment. The conduits are sized to discharge a peak flow during an Official Plan Flood that can be handled by the flood protection levees and channels downstream. The remainder of the floodwaters are temporarily stored behind the dam and released over time. An emergency spillway is located directly above the conduits in the same structure. Its construction was the result of a vigorous movement for flood protection that followed the devastation of the 1913 flood. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F09_044_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Dams; Rivers
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1930s or 1940s, this photograph shows the Bolivar Dam intake, located on the Sandy Creek of the Tuscarawas River. Originally completed in 1938, the dam manages flood control in the Muskingum Watershed area. The intake structure consists of a brick superstructure and a reinforced concrete substructure. Within the structure are six caterpillar gates (7 feet wide by 15 feet tall). The invert of each gate opening has an elevation of 895 feet. 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_B14F03_021_001
Subjects: Dams; Geography and Natural Resources; Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Flood control; Ohio--History--Pictorial works
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Louis Baus, this photographic reproduction shows a view from the southwest of the Zoar sawmill and the dam on the Tuscarawas River near, Zoar, Ohio, ca. 1900. The sawmill was known as the power house after an electrical generator was installed. The dam provided power for all the mills in Zoar. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00882
Subjects: Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Society of Separatists of Zoar; Mills; Dams
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)