Description: This photograph shows boats docked, probably at a marina. This was probably taken somewhere in the Sandusky Bay / Lake Erie Island area, as it was grouped with other photos of the area. The boat just right of center has the number "41J514" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_008_001
Subjects: Marinas--Erie, Lake; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A small fishing boat floating along a river in Ohio underneath a cloudy sky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_032_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Boats and boating--Ohio; Fishing--Ohio.
Places: 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)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The 'St. Louis.' End of an Era. Cargo boat built at James Morrison boat yards, Dayton, Ohio." During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1822, the Ohio legislature realized the importance of internal improvements and created a new Ohio Canal Commission. The Canal Commission eventually recommended a route starting at Lake Erie, passing through the Cuyahoga Valley, the Muskingum Valley, the Licking Valley, and then to the Ohio River along the Scioto Valley. The Commission also recommended a western route along the Miami and Maumee Valleys. By 1833, the Ohio and Erie Canal was complete, followed twelve years later by the Miami and Erie Canal. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. The canals had many advantages to Ohioans. Most importantly, the cost to ship goods from the East Coast to Ohio and vice versa declined tremendously from 125 dollars per ton of goods to twenty-five dollars per ton of goods. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s, their demise due in part to competition from the much speedier railroads. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_001_1
Subjects: Cargo ships; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Rivers; Shipping industry; Boats and Boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Dry dock on the Ohio Canal." During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1822, the Ohio legislature realized the importance of internal improvements and created a new Ohio Canal Commission. The Canal Commission eventually recommended a route starting at Lake Erie, passing through the Cuyahoga Valley, the Muskingum Valley, the Licking Valley, and then to the Ohio River along the Scioto Valley. The Commission also recommended a western route along the Miami and Maumee Valleys. By 1833, the Ohio and Erie Canal was complete, followed twelve years later by the Miami and Erie Canal. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. The canals had many advantages to Ohioans. Most importantly, the cost to ship goods from the East Coast to Ohio and vice versa declined tremendously from 125 dollars per ton of goods to twenty-five dollars per ton of goods. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s, their demise due in part to competition from the much speedier railroads. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_002_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Dry docks--United States--History; Boats and Boating; Ohio canal; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows sailboats docked, probably at a marina. This was probably taken somewhere in the Sandusky Bay / Lake Erie Island area, as it was grouped with other photos of the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_020_001
Subjects: Marinas--Erie, Lake; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows sailboats docked, probably at a marina. This was probably taken somewhere in the Sandusky Bay / Lake Erie Island area, as it was grouped with other photos of the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_021_001
Subjects: Marinas--Erie, Lake; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows sailboats docked, probably at a marina. This was probably taken somewhere in the Sandusky Bay / Lake Erie Island area, as it was grouped with other photos of the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_022_001
Subjects: Marinas--Erie, Lake; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows sailboats docked, probably at a marina. This was probably taken somewhere in the Sandusky Bay / Lake Erie Island area, as it was grouped with other photos of the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_024_001
Subjects: Marinas--Erie, Lake; Erie, Lake, Coast (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows two men constructing a boat, standing in the hull, at an unidentified location in Ohio. 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_B07F08_013_1
Subjects: Boat & ship industry; Industries--Ohio; Boats and Boating; 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: Caption reads: "Plebeians of the River. Taken from the High Level Bridge. Barges and tugs on the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland. District #4, Cleveland. Photographer: John Steinko, 1940." This photograph shows a Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. boat hauling cargo long the Cuyahoga River. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is an American company providing construction services in dredging and land reclamation, currently the largest such provider in the United States. GLD&D operates primarily in the United States but conducts one-quarter of its business overseas. It is currently based in Oak Brook, Illinois. The company was founded in 1890 as the partnership of William A. Lydon & Fred C. Drews and was named Lydon & Drews dredging company. Early projects included the shoreline structures for the Chicago's Columbian Exposition. The company soon had satellite operations throughout the Great Lakes. It was renamed the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLD&D) in 1905. Between 1900 and 1950, GLD&D undertook major projects such as the Sabin Lock, straightening of the Chicago River west of the Chicago Loop, the Michigan Avenue Bridge, foundation landfill and reclamation of the area where the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Soldier Field, Meigs Field and Field Museum of Natural History stand today in Chicago and harbor work for the Naval Station Great Lakes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_15_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Boats and boating--Ohio; Cargo ships; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Rivers; Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)