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Tag: Water Works

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

Construction During Reconstruction: Christian Moerlein and Water Quality at the Eden Park Reservoir

The Eden Park Reservoir constructed during Reconstruction solved one problem for the city’s water supply: at 100 million gallons, it could hold a sufficient quantity Continue Reading

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Ante Bellum Arnett Law Beecher family Big Business Black Brigade Black Business District Black History Black Laws Brown Chapel Buildings Business Churches Church of the Advent Cincinnati Public Schools Civil War Culture Dangerfield Earley Education First Baptist Frederick Douglass School Gilbert Avenue Harriet Beecher Stowe Housing Industries Jacob Schmidlapp Kindergarten Lane Seminary Medicine NAACP Peebles Corner Peter Clark Philanthrophy Philanthropy Public Schools Race Relations Reconstruction Robert Gordon Self-emancipation Transportation Underground Railroad University of Cincinnati Victory Parkway Washington Terrace WEB DuBois Women's History

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