Description: This photograph shows an unidentified woman in uniform packing cans of salad dressing. The company pictured is most likely Tip Top Canning Company located in Tipp City, Ohio, formerly known as Tippecanoe. Tip Top Canning was created in 1924 by the Timmer family and is still in business today in Tipp City. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_015_1
Subjects: Canneries--United States; Salad dressing industry; Industries--Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of Harry J. Ritter, who represented Miami County in the 78th Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives (1909-1910). He was a member of the Republican Party. In this oval-framed portrait, Ritter is in his early sixties and has a mustache. He is wearing a pinstripe suit with a pin in the left lapel. Ritter was born in 1848 near Reading, Pennsylvania. He was a student at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, but left school in 1864 to join the United State Signal Corps. He served in that post until the end of the Civil War. After the war he graduated from a commercial college and entered the horse business. In 1894 he entered the manufacturing field and became general manager and treasurer of the Tipp Building Manufacturing Company, Tippecanoe City (now Tipp City), Ohio. He was elected to the 77th and 78th General Assemblies of the State of Ohio. In 1918 he was elected to the State Senate. Harry J. Ritter died in 1925 and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Tipp City, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07018
Subjects: Legislators--Ohio; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio General Assembly House of Representatives; Ohio General Assembly Senate; Miami County (Ohio); Politicians; Veterans
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Tippecanoe City (now known as Tipp City) in Miami County, between stations 8598 and 8640. Roads, properties, and other landmarks along the route are 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23167_022
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Tippecanoe City (now known as Tipp City) in Miami County, between stations 8559 and 8598. Roads, properties, and other landmarks along the route are 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23167_021
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Miami and Erie Canal in Miami County between stations 8432 and 8628, including Tippecanoe City. The Miami River, bridges, and other landmarks along the route and throughout the town 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4927_008
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a spillway, which is a structure used to control the release of water flow from a dam or another waterwork. The caption underneath the photograph reads: "Spillway North of Tippecanoe City, O.| July, 1916." The attached typed description on the back of the page reads: "PHOTOGRAPH No. 11.| SPILLWAY NORTH OF TIPPECANOE CITY.| This structure was built by The Dayton and Troy Electric Company as no appropriation was available for the department to construct the same. This spillway replaces the old timber spillway washed out by the high water in 1915." This photograph is part of a series taken by the Board of the Ohio Department of Public Works to document the disrepair of the infrastructure of the Ohio and Erie Canal and Miami-Erie Canal systems in 1916, showing the physical condition of each structure. The Ohio Department of Public Works is one of the oldest departments of state government in continuous existence. Among its other duties, this department was charged with maintenance and administration of the Ohio & Erie and Miami-Erie Canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA936AV_B01_011
Subjects: Waterworks; Bridges; Canals; Rivers; Lakes & ponds; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Tipp City (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)