Description: Caption reads: "New Lighthouse at Huron, on Lake Erie." The Huron lighthouse was constructed in 1835. The tower is considered to be an "Art Moderne" style made out of steel plate and concrete. Currently the lighthouse is mostly used by recreational boaters and the occasional freighter. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01A_019_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Lighthouses; Harbors; Recreation
Places: Huron (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "Still standing at Huron is the old lighthouse, built in __ (see Huron Lighthouse)". Huron's lighthouses have served as beacons for Great Lakes shipping since the early nineteenth century. The first of three Huron lighthouses was built in 1835. Built of wood and ill-equipped to deal with strong Lake Erie winds, it was destroyed by a fierce storm in May 1854. This light house was fully enclosed and was erected in 1857. The current white, pyramidal lighthouse was constructed in 1936 when the pier was extended to a location three-quarters of a mile offshore. Part of the original concrete foundation and railing were incorporated into the current structure. It was one of the first Lake Erie lighthouses to provide an electrically powered beacon to aid maritime navigation. Its light can be seen over a twelve-mile radius. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01A_018_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Lighthouses; Harbors
Places: Huron (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cleveland's Lakefront. Lakefront from Terminal Tower looking west." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_34_01
Subjects: Shipping--Erie, Lake; Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor; Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Aerial Photography; Business and Labor; Industries--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Freighter coming in Cleveland Harbor. Taken from Terminal Tower. Note 2 freighters on the right at ore dock, one coming into the river near breakwater, and one in the river." The bridge in this photograph is the Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge, completed in 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_35_01
Subjects: Shipping--Erie, Lake; Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor; Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Aerial Photography; Business and Labor; Industries--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Lake Traffic. Waterfront from Terminal Tower. Note freighter near breakwater, freighter coming in at right, freighter at coal dock on extreme right, freighter entering river, and freighter tied up in river partly under bridge." The bridge in this photograph is the Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge, completed in 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_39_01
Subjects: Shipping--Erie, Lake; Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor; Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Aerial Photography; Business and Labor; Industries--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Lake Shipping. Lakefront from Terminal Tower. Note 4 freighters and new Coast Guard station." The bridge shown in this photograph is the Main Avenue (Harold H. Burton Memorial) Bridge, finished in 1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_40_01
Subjects: Shipping--Erie, Lake; Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor; Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Aerial Photography; Business and Labor; Industries--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows several boat moored at docks near Lake Erie. Boats visible are: ROG JUT - Oak Harbor; Luella - Fremont and Sarad. In the background can be seen a building which seems to read: "The Port Clinton Fish Co.." This could be the Port Clinton Fish Company started in 1910 by the Lay Brothers of Sandusky. More information is needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F08_039_001
Subjects: Boats and boating--Erie, Lake; Harbors--Ohio; Fisheries--Erie, Lake
Places: Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: The immediate growth of the potential metropolis was slow with a mere seven people living in the settlement in 1800. In 1804, Lorenzo Carter launched the first boat, the 30 ton Zephyr, an impressive craft for an inexperienced builder to launch, but a small prophecy of the hug freighters and passenger steamers that one day would enter Cleveland harbor. In 1818 there arrived in the harbor from Buffalo the first steamboat on Lake Erie, the 'Walk-in-the-Water'. By 1830 little more than 1000 people called themselves Cleavelanders. The city altered the spelling of its name by a casual quirk. On July 1, 1832, the compositor of a freshly launched newspaper, The Cleveland Gazette and Commercial Register, had to drop on letter from his masthead to fit his space, and he chose the first 'a' in Cleveland, simplifying it for posterity. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_02_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Harbor; Harbors--Ohio--Cleveland; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Aerial Photography; Business and Labor; Industries--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1943, this photograph shows several boats moored at docks near Lake Erie. Boats visible are ROG JUT - Oak Harbor; Luella - Fremont and Sarad. A sign in the background reads "The Port Clinton Fish Co.," which could refer to Port Clinton Fish Company started in 1910 by the Lay Brothers of Sandusky, 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_B08F08_007_001
Subjects: Boats and boating; Harbors--Ohio; Fisheries--Erie, Lake; Summer
Places: Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Fishing tugs at their dock, ft of Walnut St. Open bridge is Pennsylvania R.R. In far background are grain elevators and artificial gas storage tank." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_05_01
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ships; Shipping industry; Harbors; Docks--Ohio--Cleveland; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: caption reads: "W & L.E. Ry- Dock scene at Huron" In the 1880s Huron's harbor brought prosperity to the town. With the completion of iron and coal docks by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, Huron again became an important Lake port, as it had been in the 1820s and 1830s, when Huron's shipbuilding industry boomed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01A_013_1
Subjects: Transportation--Ohio--History.; Ships; Harbors; Railroads
Places: Huron (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1923, the Northwood Lighthouse, also called Eddystone, is located on the north side of Grand Lake St. Marys, between the towns of Celina and St. Marys, Ohio. No longer active, the fifty-foot conical tower originally served as a seasonal navigational aid from April through November, and was a monument to the Eddystone Lighthouse in the English Channel, near Rame Head, Cornwall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_024_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Lighthouses; Harbors
Places: St. Marys (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)