Bad bank at Grand Rapids photograph   Save
Canals Photograph Collection
Description: Photograph showing a bank off of Grand Rapids. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "Bad Bank at Grand Rapids, O." The attached description located on the back of the page reads: "Photograph No. 45.| WEAK BANK, GRAND RAPIDS, OHIO.| The bank is becoming weak on account of water passing over the Grand Rapids Dam. A repair should be made by lining this bank with stone a distance of some 400 feet." 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_045
Subjects: Waterworks; Rivers; Canals; Lakes & ponds; Dams; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Grand Rapids (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)