Ford Model T assembly plant
An old industrial building at 660 Lincoln Avenue, now used for office space by Children’s Hospital and bearing its logo, is visible from I71 as Continue Reading
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Eden Park after Reconstruction: Presidents, Politics and Forestry
The 1882 Arbor Day celebration intersected with other history around the end of Reconstruction. It was as much an occasion for forgetting as for remembering 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: 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
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
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Clay Fill and Cement Liner
The massive limestone walls of the Eden Park Reservoir represented only the first step in the construction of the new Water Works. They left two Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Walls
Cincinnati’s topography, with the original city in the river basin expanding to increasing elevations up the surrounding hills, presented a problem for the design of Continue Reading
Construction After Reconstruction: Eden Park Pump House and Water Tower
Before leaving aside the Eden Park Reservoir to consider other construction in Walnut Hills during Reconstruction, we’ll pause to consider a couple of other Water Continue Reading