Description: Photograph of a Roman aqueduct replica from a collection of models for the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Romans constructed several aqueducts that fed water to their cities, small towns and industrial sites. The aqueducts served potable water and supplied water to numerous baths and fountains in the city. Once-used gray water was used to remove waste matter when it was emptied into the sewers. The city of Rome had an extensive system of these public works. Before Rome was great there were aqueducts and waste systems, but it was the Roman arch and the use of concrete that allowed Rome’s water supply to grow with the city. Roman aqueducts were from 15 to 20 miles long. Model dimensions: length 38", width 21", height 9”. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_027_001
Subjects: United States. Work Projects Administration; Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Aqueducts
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Montgomery Co., Miamisburg, O., Jan. 1938. Aqueduct." This photograph shows one of the Miamisburg aqueducts for the Miami and Erie Canal. The Miami and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1845, eventually connecting the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo through the western corridor of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_004_001
Subjects: Aqueducts; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Montgomery Co., Miamisburg, O., Jan. 1938. Aqueduct." This photograph shows one of the Miamisburg aqueducts for the Miami and Erie Canal from the perspective of a bridge. The Miami and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1845, eventually connecting the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo through the western corridor of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_005_001
Subjects: Aqueducts; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Montgomery Co., Miamisburg, O., Feb. 3. 1938. Aqueduct." This photograph shows what is likely one of the Miamisburg aqueducts for the Miami and Erie Canal. The Miami and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1845, eventually connecting the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo through the western corridor of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_003_001
Subjects: Aqueducts; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Typed on reverse: "Montgomery Co., Miamisburg, O., Jan. 1938. Aqueduct." This photograph shows a bridge over an aqueduct, likely over the Miami and Erie Canal at Sycamore Creek in Miamisburg, Ohio, near the curve of 4th Street and Canal Street. The Miami and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1845, eventually connecting the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo through the western corridor of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F04_006_001
Subjects: Aqueducts; Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Miamisburg (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the breakdown of the old Ohio and Erie Canal after a flood. The breakdown occurred two blocks below Market Street in Waverly, Ohio. It is the aquaduct whick collapsed during the 1913 flood. The view is looking southeast at the towpath bridge which remains standing. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_016_001
Subjects: Canals; Aqueducts; Waterfalls; Bridges--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated March 23, 1911, this photograph shows the "Old Aqueduct" spanning the Mad River in Dayton, Ohio. The aqueduct was actually part of the Miami and Erie canal system, allowing canal boats to cross over the Mad River. Completed in 1845, the Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo. 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_B02F06_037
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Aqueducts; Mad River (Ohio); Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
Places: Montgomery County (Ohio)