Bolivar Dam photograph
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Title |
Bolivar Dam photograph |
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Creator |
Ohio Federal Writers' Project |
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Subject |
Dams
Geography and Natural Resources
Flood control
Aerial photography
Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--History |
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Time Period |
1930s
1940s |
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Place |
Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Stark County (Ohio) |
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Description |
Dated to the 1930s or 1940s, this photograph shows Bolivar Dam, located on the Sandy Creek of the Tuscarawas River. Originally completed in 1938, the dam manages flood control in the Muskingum Watershed Area. The embankment has a maximum height of 87 feet, with a flood control pool level of 962 feet. 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. |
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Date of Original |
ca. 1930-1949 |
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Collection |
Ohio Guide Collection |
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Source |
State Archives Series 1039 AV; Box 14, Folder 3 |
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Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
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Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
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Type |
StillImage |
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File Name |
SA1039AV_B14F03_024_001.tif |
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Image Height |
4329 |
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Image Width |
5876 |
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File Size |
25461684 Bytes |
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Display File Type |
image/jp2 |
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Format |
picture |
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Date created |
2011-02-15 |
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Date modified |
2017-05-31 |
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