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AV 132 United States Engineers Office Photograph Collection Page 1 OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Manuscripts/ Audiovisual Collections AV 132 United States Engineers Office Photograph Collection 1881- 1933 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Number: AV 132 Title: United States Engineers Office Photograph Collection Creator: United States Engineers Office Dates: 1881- 1933 Media: Photographs Quantity: 1.33 Cubic feet Location: Ohio Historical Society SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION Collection contains approximately 246 photographs documenting locks, dams and a variety of boats on the Ohio River and tributaries of the Ohio River dating from 1881- 1933. Half of the photographs are prints measuring 21 x 26 centimeters or smaller, while half are mounted photographs measuring up to 28 x 35 centimeters. The smaller photographs are filed alphabetically by subject. The larger photographs are filed numerically according to numbers recorded on the images. There are gaps in the numbering. The majority of photographs have descriptive captions that give dates and locations. A letter written on the stationary of the United States Engineers Office that accompanied the collection and packaging with the stamp of the United States Engineers Office indicate that the photographs were created by this entity. Types of boats pictured include dredges, snagboats and stern wheelers. Dams on the Ohio River pictured include 32, 34 35, 36, 37, 38, and 41. A series of photographs taken in January 1893 picture the public landing in Cincinnati; the wharf; the Suspension and Cantilever Bridges across the Ohio River; ice flows upstream; and a view of Newport, Kentucky. There are also photographs of high water and flood damage in Cincinnati from an Ohio River flood, March 21- 24, 1933. Ohio towns on the Muskingum River, an Ohio River tributary include Eaglesport, McConnelsville, Zanesville, Marietta, Lowell, and Stockport. Photographs taken outside of Ohio depict boats and dredges on rivers in Kentucky, including the Kentucky River and the Licking River. There are also photographs depicting the
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Full Text | AV 132 United States Engineers Office Photograph Collection Page 1 OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Manuscripts/ Audiovisual Collections AV 132 United States Engineers Office Photograph Collection 1881- 1933 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Number: AV 132 Title: United States Engineers Office Photograph Collection Creator: United States Engineers Office Dates: 1881- 1933 Media: Photographs Quantity: 1.33 Cubic feet Location: Ohio Historical Society SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION Collection contains approximately 246 photographs documenting locks, dams and a variety of boats on the Ohio River and tributaries of the Ohio River dating from 1881- 1933. Half of the photographs are prints measuring 21 x 26 centimeters or smaller, while half are mounted photographs measuring up to 28 x 35 centimeters. The smaller photographs are filed alphabetically by subject. The larger photographs are filed numerically according to numbers recorded on the images. There are gaps in the numbering. The majority of photographs have descriptive captions that give dates and locations. A letter written on the stationary of the United States Engineers Office that accompanied the collection and packaging with the stamp of the United States Engineers Office indicate that the photographs were created by this entity. Types of boats pictured include dredges, snagboats and stern wheelers. Dams on the Ohio River pictured include 32, 34 35, 36, 37, 38, and 41. A series of photographs taken in January 1893 picture the public landing in Cincinnati; the wharf; the Suspension and Cantilever Bridges across the Ohio River; ice flows upstream; and a view of Newport, Kentucky. There are also photographs of high water and flood damage in Cincinnati from an Ohio River flood, March 21- 24, 1933. Ohio towns on the Muskingum River, an Ohio River tributary include Eaglesport, McConnelsville, Zanesville, Marietta, Lowell, and Stockport. Photographs taken outside of Ohio depict boats and dredges on rivers in Kentucky, including the Kentucky River and the Licking River. There are also photographs depicting the |
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