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Description
Title
Miami
Conservancy
District
Inspection
Group
Photograph
Subject
Geography and Natural Resources
Climate and Weather
Flood control
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio)
Place
Dayton (Ohio)
Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description
This
6.25
"
x
10.5
"
(15.88
x
26.67
cm)
photograph
shows
members
of the
inspection
group
in
front
of the
Miami
Conservancy
District
building
,
which
was
donated
by
Colonel
Edward
Deeds
. The
inspection
group
was
made
up
of
directors
,
staff
, and
consulting
engineers
who
tour
the
works
of the
Miami
Conservancy
District
on a
regular
basis
to
review
the
state
of the
dams
and
levees
, and to
observe
operations
and
maintenance
.
Pictured
from
left
to
right
are
Wade
O
'
Brian
(assistant
secretary)
,
Arthur
E
.
Morgan
(former
chief
engineer)
,
C
.
S
.
Bennett
(assistant
to
chief
engineer)
,
Herbert
L
.
Johnston
(director)
,
Charles
Locher
(former
construction
superintendent)
,
Orville
Wright
,
Deeds
(president
of the
board)
,
Oren
B
.
Brown
(MCD
attorney)
,
Sherman
M
.
Woodward
(consulting
engineer)
,
Daniel
W
.
Mead
(consulting
engineer)
,
C
.
H
.
Eiffert
(chief
engineer)
, and
Charles
H
.
Paul
(former
chief
engineer)
. On
February
17
,
1914
Governor
James
Cox
signed
a
Conservancy
Bill
(the
Vanderheide
Act)
,
which
provided
for the
creation
of
conservancy
districts
. The
same
month
,
ten
Miami
Valley
counties
petitioned
for
creation
of a
conservancy
district
:
Butler
,
Clark
,
Greene
,
Hamilton
,
Logan
(which
left
shortly
after
formation)
,
Miami
,
Montgomery
,
Preble
,
Shelby
, and
Warren
. The
Miami
Conservancy
District
was
officially
organized
on
June
28
,
1915
.
Creator
Miami Conservancy District
Date of Original
October
18
,
1929
Source
Audiovisual material
423376
Submitting Institution
Miami Conservancy District
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1725_2803824_039.tif
Image Height
1863
Image Width
3119
File Size
512.354 KB
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