Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a view of the Ohio & Erie Canal after the flood of 1907. The image shows a portion of a neighborhood in Chillicothe along Eastern Avenue. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04836
Subjects: Canal boats; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Canals--Ohio; Floods
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a view of the Ohio & Erie Canal in Chillicothe, Ohio, taken from Standard Elevator looking east, ca. 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04837
Subjects: Canal boats; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Canals--Ohio; Floods
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting a canal boat on the Ohio and Erie Canal along Park Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, ca. 1907. An unidentified man rows a smaller boat in the foreground. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04838
Subjects: Canal boats; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Canals--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this is a canal boat illustration created for 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_B15F01_081
Subjects: Canal boats; Transportation--Ohio; Illustrations; Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a model of a canal boat built to carry passengers. The cabin extends almost the length of the boat and has windows so the passengers could view the canal towns and countryside along the way. The model features a cabin roof which would have been used as a sightseeing deck. The model measures 20 x 5 x 4 inches. 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_B11F02_030_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Models; Canal boats; Education; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of Captain Weirmeyer (at right) and an unidentified man traveling by boat on the Ohio-Erie canal south of New Philadelphia, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06136
Subjects: Photography--Ohio; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Canal boats
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to 1904, this photograph shows two boats on the Miami and Erie Canal. These state boats are tied behind the Dayton fairgrounds at mile marker 181 of the canal. Work began on the Miami and Erie Canal in 1825 and was completed in 1845. During the peak of construction, more than four thousand laborers worked on the canal, generally earning 30 cents per day plus room and board. Many recent immigrants to the United States, especially the Irish, survived thanks to jobs on the canals. Other people, like the residents of the communal society at Zoar, also helped construct canals to assist the survival of their community. Many of Ohio's communities today, including Akron, began as towns for the canal workers. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s. There is a short stretch in the Muskingum Valley near Zanesville still in operation today. By the 1850s, however, canals were losing business to the railroads. 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_B02F05_009
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Boats and boating; Montgomery County (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back caption reads: "In a Motorboat on Miami & Erie Canal. Photograph, taken in 1908, represents the Stoppelmann family, formerly of 863 S. Main St. in the motorboat built by the late Dan Stoppelmann, which is preserved as a relic at the present address, 322 Bolander Ave. Reading from left to right in this picture, taken back of the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, are Henry Roman, of Vine St.: the late Dan Stoppelmann, Mrs. Stoppelmann, Dorothy Niederkorn (now Mrs. William Shields of Five Oaks Ave. Holding Paul Stoppleman) and William Stoppelmann at the rear." Front caption reads: "Photo copied from print loaned by Mrs. Dan Stoppelmann, 322 Bolander Ave. Apr. 27. May 4, 1938. 2–8x10 Prints–Mr. Sims." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_016_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Motorboats; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); 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: Caption reads: "In a Motorboat on Miami & Erie Canal. Photograph, taken in 1908, represents the Stoppelmann family, formerly of 863 S. Main St. in the motorboat built by the late Dan Stoppelmann, which is preserved as a relic at the present address, 322 Bolander Ave. Reading from left to right in this picture, taken back of the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, are Henry Roman, of Vine St.: the late Dan Stoppelmann, Mrs. Stoppelmann, Dorothy Niederkorn (now Mrs. William Shields of Five Oaks Ave. holding Paul Stoppleman) and William Stoppelmann at the rear." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F06_026_1
Subjects: Canals--Ohio--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Motorboats; Canals--Ohio--Dayton; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Canal scene at Dayton." This is a photo of a group of musicians on a boat in the Erie Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_011_001
Subjects: Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Entertainers; Musicians; Boats and boating; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Miami and Erie Canal near Dayton, Ohio, in 1911. A canal boat in disrepair sinks into the water. The Miami and Erie Canal connected the Ohio River in Cincinnati and Lake Erie in Toledo and was completed in 1845. The photograph's original caption reads "This is a picture of an abandoned Canal Boat, back of the Fairgrounds, Montgomery County, 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_B02F05_007
Subjects: Canals; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation--Ohio; Boats; Geography and Natural Resources
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)