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Title
Dayton
Flood
Prevention
Committee
Photograph
Subject
Ohio Government
Business and Labor
Science and Technology
Geography and Natural Resources
Climate and Weather
Floods
Flood control
Miami Conservancy District (Ohio)
Place
Dayton (Ohio)
Montgomery County (Ohio)
Description
This
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.40
cm)
photograph
shows
the
members
of
Dayton's
Flood
Prevention
Committee
, a
unique
partnership
between
the
Dayton
business
community
, the
government
, and
professional
engineers
. The
committee
formed
on
May
2
,
1913
,
shortly
after
the
devastating
1913
flood
, and
adopted
a
resolution
to
raise
money
to
study
the
flooding
problem
and
find
a
solution
.
John
H
.
Patterson
,
president
of the
National
Cash
Register
Company
,
appointed
the
community
leaders
who
served
on the
committee
,
which
was
led
by
Colonel
Edward
Deeds
.
Arthur
E
.
Morgan
of
Morgan
Engineering
Company
of
Memphis
,
Tennessee
was
hired
to
study
the
flood
control
problem
. The
Dayton
committee
invited
other
communities
to
cooperate
in
flood
control
work
, and on
May
15
the
Miami
Valley
Flood
Prevention
Association
,
representing
several
counties
, was
organized
. 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
.
Date of Original
1913
circa
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Miami Conservancy District
Rights
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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_2803812_042.tif
Image Height
2158
Image Width
2730
File Size
1916.955 KB
Format
picture
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