Title	Pleasant Hill Dam
Subject	Dams--Ohio
Time Period	1930s
Place	Perrysville (Ohio) Ashland County (Ohio)
Description	Original description reads: "Pleasant Hill Dam, is located on the Clear Fork of the Mohican River, 5 miles west of Loudenville and 2 miles south of Perrysville, in Ashland County." Completed in 1936, Pleasant Hill Dam was constructed for flood reduction, recreation, and fish and wildlife management. The dam is made up of rolled earth fill with an impervious, water proof, core of clay. It is 113 feet high, 775 feet long, with a top width of 30 feet, and a base width of 550 feet. A unique feature of this flood control structure is the 'Morning Glory Spillway', one of only two dams built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with this type spillway.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	June 16, 1938
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
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Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B11F11_006_001.tif
Image Height	4913
Image Width	5994
File Size	88370112 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-20
Date modified	2010-06-30

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