Description: Canal plat map showing the Dresden Side Cut of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Muskingum County, between stations 904 and 935. The Muskingum River and various properties are shown, and bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4912_011
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Dresden (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing the Dresden Side Cut of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Muskingum County, between stations 805 and 864. Wakatomaka Creek and various private properties are shown, and bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4912_009
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Dresden (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio);
 

Description: Canal plat map showing the Dresden Side Cut of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Muskingum County, between stations 864 and 904. Wakatomaka Creek and various private properties are shown, and bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4912_010
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio;
Places: Dresden (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows the so-called Dresden ball, labeled as the Brown Wagon in the photograph, featuring a ball on an axis on which it can rotate, mounted on a wagon. There are two portraits of politicians, possibly Benjamin Harrison and his running mate in the 1888 presidential election, Levi Morton. A log cabin is pictured below, and states listed beneath include Indiana, Maine, Alabama, California, and Connecticut. Writing on the wagon reads "This wagon presented by employe[e]s of Brown Mfg. Co. Zanesville, Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B07F05_01
Subjects: Zanesville (Ohio); Political campaigns; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Wagons
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elizabeth Goddard standing for formal portrait in bustled dress, 1874. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00096
Subjects: Women; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing and dress; Portrait photography
Places: Dresden (Germany)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Barges on the Muskingum River." This photograph shows three barges being towed by a tug boat, near Marietta, Ohio. The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio. The Muskingum is formed at Coshocton in east-central Ohio by the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers. It flows in a meandering course southward past Conesville, Trinway and Dresden to Zanesville, and then southeastward past South Zanesville, Philo, Malta, McConnelsville, Beverly, Lowell, Stockport and Devola. It joins the Ohio at Marietta. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F18_008_1
Subjects: Muskingum River Valley (Ohio); Muskingum River (Ohio); Barges--United States
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio-Erie Canal that ran through Tuscarawas County began at Summit Lake near Barberton and ended at Dresden. The canal was a was for farmers and manufacturers to connect to the Ohio River and Lake Erie. It operated from 1825 until the disastrous flood in 1913. It became obsolete due to the railroads. This photograph is a scene near Tuscarawas in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_041_001
Subjects: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History; Canals--Ohio; Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio)--History; Geography and Natural Resources; Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Beautiful Muskingum Valley" This photograph shows a picturesque scene near the Muskingum River. A field of haystacks can be seen in the foreground, with gently rolling hills in the background. This photograph was probably taken somewhere near Marietta. The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio. It begins at Coshocton in east-central Ohio by the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers. It flows in a meandering course southward past Conesville, Trinway and Dresden to Zanesville, and then southeastward past South Zanesville, Philo, Malta, McConnelsville, Beverly, Lowell, Stockport and Devola. It joins the Ohio River at Marietta. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F18_006_1
Subjects: Muskingum River Valley (Ohio)
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal in Muskingum County between stations 697 and 817. The Dresden Side Cut is shown at the bottom of the map, and bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4912_008
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Muskingum County (Ohio);