Ohio Memory Collection Home
Browse All
Ohio Memory Home
About Ohio Memory
Log in
|
Favorites
|
Help
Search
Advanced Search
Find results with:
error div
Add another field
Search by date
from
after
before
on
to
Searching collections:
Ohio Memory Collection
Add or remove collections
Home
Franklin Levee Construction Photograph
Reference URL
Share
Add tags
Comment
Save to favorites
Remove from favorites
To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website
Franklin Levee Construction Photograph
View Description
Print
Image
Text
Loading content ...
Description
Title
Franklin
Levee
Construction
Photograph
Subject
Transportation
Geography and Natural Resources
Climate and Weather
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio)
Flood control
Employees
Equipment
Place
Franklin (Ohio)
Warren County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
was
taken
north
of
First
Street
in
Franklin
,
Ohio
, in
1921
.
It
shows
men
unloading
cars
for
levee
construction
. The
photograph
measures
10.5
"
x
6.5
"
(26.67
x
16.51
cm)
.
Most
of
Franklin
,
Ohio
,
including
the
central
business
district
,
lies
east
of the
Great
Miami
River
, and
Clear
Creek
enters
the
river
from the
east
near
the
south
(downstream)
edge
of the
city
. The
Miami
Conservancy
District
maintains
3.7
miles
of
levee
and
1.7
miles
of
river
channel
in
Franklin
, as
well
as
maintaining
and
operating
eleven
floodgates
.
Following
the
1913
flood
that
devastated
the
Miami
Valley
, a
vigorous
movement
for
flood
protection
began
in
Dayton
. The
Relief
Commission
quickly
raised
a
$2
million
Flood
Prevention
Fund
and
employed
Arthur
Morgan
,
who
later
was the
first
director
of the
Tennessee
Valley
Authority
, and the
Morgan
Engineering
Company
to
develop
a
flood
protection
plan
for the
city
of
Dayton
.
After
some
preliminary
survey
work
,
Morgan's
engineers
concluded
that
effective
flood
protection
was
too
large
an
undertaking
for
one
community
and would
require
the
cooperative
action
of the
entire
Miami
Valley
.
Since
Ohio
did
not have a
law
that would
permit
a
regional
cooperative
undertaking
of this
nature
, the
Conservancy
Act
of
Ohio
was
prepared
and
passed
by the
legislature
on
February
14
,
1914
. The
day
after
the
signing
of the
Conservancy
Act
by the
governor
, a
petition
was
filed
in the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
of
Montgomery
County
asking
for the
establishment
of the
Miami
Conservancy
District
. In
2003
, the
district
oversaw
five
dams
,
60
miles
of
levees
and
37
miles
of
modified
river
channels
in
nine
communities
along
the
Great
Miami
River
.
Creator
Miami Conservancy District
Date of Original
October
24
,
1921
Source
Audiovisual material
532805
Submitting Institution
Miami Conservancy District
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1725_2803794_033.tif
Image Height
1832
Image Width
3036
File Size
616.324 KB
Format
picture
Tags
Add tags
for Franklin Levee Construction Photograph
View as list
|
View as tag cloud
|
report abuse
Comments
Post a Comment
for
Franklin Levee Construction Photograph
you wish to report:
Your comment:
Your Name:
Submit
Cancel
...
Back to top
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Select All Collections
A
Adena Collection
Albert J. Ewing Collection
Amherst News Times
Amherst Public Library
Archaeology Collection
Armstrong Air and Space Museum
B
Battle Flags
Bluffton Public Library
C
Caniff Collection
Cincinnati Federal Land Office Records
Clyde Public Library
Community Collection
Connecting to Collections
D
Defiance Public Library
Delaware County Historical Society
Dublin History Collection
E
Evergreen Community Library
F
Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
Flint Ridge Collection
Fort Hill Collection
Fort Meigs Collection
Fulton County Historical Society
G
Gay Ohio History Initiative
Gospel Herald
Graves Registration
H
Harris-Elmore PL
Harris-Elmore PL - Birth Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Census Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Church Records
Harris-Elmore PL - County Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Court Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Death and Cemetery Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Journals
Harris-Elmore PL - Maps
Harris-Elmore PL - Marriage Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Military Records
Harris-Elmore PL - Naturalization and Immigration
Harris-Elmore PL - News Articles
Harris-Elmore PL - Obituaries
Harris-Elmore PL - Photographs
Harris-Elmore PL - Probate Records
Harris-Elmore PL - School Records
I
Ida Rupp Public Library
J
Joe Munroe Collection
John Sherman Manuscript Collection
K
Knox County Public Library
L
Lakeside Heritage Society Archives
Logan County Digital Collection
M
Massillon
Muskingum County Collection
N
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
National Road Zane Grey Museum Collection
Newark Earthworks Collection
New Deal Collection
Newspaper test
NORWELD
O
Ohio Governors Collection
Ohio Guide Collection
Ohio Jewish Chronicle
Ohio Memory Collection
Ohio National Guard Collection
Ohio State Summer Library School
OHS CCP Collection
OHS Finding Aids
OHS Selections
Oral History Videos
Ottawa County Museum
P
Pemberville Public Library
Putnam County Historical Society
R
Rossford Public Library
S
Sauder Village
Seneca County Digital Library
Serpent Mound Collection
SLO Bicentennial
State Lib Oh County Atlases
State Lib Oh Digital Collection
State Lib Oh Historical Documents
State Lib OH Meeting Minutes
State Lib Oh State Hospitals
State Library of Ohio Rare Books
State Library of Ohio World War II Collection
Swanton Public Library
T
Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Field Books
W
Wadsworth Public Library
Wahkeena Collection
Way Public Library
West Jefferson Remembers
White Castle
Williams County Public Library
Wood County District Public Library
Wood County Historical Center
World War II Oral Histories
Y
Youngstown Historical Center
Z
Zoar
500
You have selected:
1
OK
Cancel