Construction During Reconstruction: Eden Park Circumferential Route
The major features of Eden Park emerged, at least in planning form, even before the completion of the reservoir. Apart from heroic efforts at landscaping Continue Reading
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Construction During Reconstruction: Eden Park
The construction of the Eden Park Reservoir and of the Park itself were so inextricably connected that some accounts referred to the park as the Continue Reading
Glimpses of Jazz in Walnut Hills: Kemper Lane Hotel
The Kemper Lane Hotel, at the corner of McMillan, provided a somewhat fewer and less expensive accommodations compared to the Hotel Alms a few block Continue Reading
Construction After Reconstruction: Eden Park Filtration Testing
The Water Works in Eden Park served as the testing site for one of the most important innovations in water treatment during the progressive era. Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Elsinore Gate
The saga of the connection of the reservoir in Eden Park to the downtown water mains and the Hunt Street Pumping station dragged out from Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Mt. Auburn Reservoir
In 1867, Cincinnati began construction of the new reservoir in Eden Park, Walnut Hills, to provide a generous, high-pressure supply of water to the residents Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Effluent Pipe
Walnut Hills, behind Mt Adams as seen from downtown Cincinnati, faces the Ohio River on one side and the Deer Creek ravine down to the Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Front Street Pumping Station
Lifting water requires a lot of work. An elevated reservoir stores both water and the work required to lift the water. The siting of the Continue Reading
Avoiding Construction During Reconstruction: Public Health, Sewage and Contaminated Water
Proponents offered clean water as one of the early promises of the Reservoir at Eden Park. The huge artificial lake held a hundred million gallons Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Influent Pipe
The Eden Park Reservoir Project began in 1866 with the construction of huge retaining walls to support the reservoir. A second front was opened in Continue Reading