Description: Caption reads: "Excelsior Salt Co. view of new warehouse adjoining main plant, Pomeroy." Pomeroy is located in southeastern Ohio along the Ohio River. It was named for Samuel Pomeroy, a Boston merchant who in 1804 purchased 262 acres of land on the site of the city. Salt making became a local industry in 1825 with the drilling of a well along Leading Creek. After 1850, when evaporating pans were put into use, the industry became really important. At the close of the Civil War salt was selling for $2.50 a barrel, and there were salt works here and at the near-by villages of Dabney, Excelsior, Buckeye, Minersville, Sutton, Riverside, Sugar Run, and Windsor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_006_1
Subjects: Salt mines and mining--History; Warehouses
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph was taken in a warehouse somewhere in Ohio. Wooden crates are neatly stacked against the brick wall, but there is no indication if they are full or empty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_018_1
Subjects: Warehouses; Industries--Ohio; Storage; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph was taken in a warehouse somewhere in Ohio. Wooden crates are neatly stacked against the brick wall, but there is no indication if they are full or empty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_021_1
Subjects: Warehouses; Industries--Ohio; Storage; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows a canal boathouse with a sign that reads Capital City Junk. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Warehouse of canal days; near West end of Main Street; used as junk shop when picture was taken (date unknown)." 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_B05F04C_015_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio; Canals; Warehouses; Boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph depicts a sunken canal boat with a caption which reads "What Shall We Do With the Canal? Abandoned Ohio State Repair Boat sunk in Canal at Dayton, Ohio, opposite Fairgrounds. (From photograph taken March 7, 1911) April 24, 1911". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_013
Subjects: Canals Ohio; Dayton (Ohio)--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Canals; Warehouses; Boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)