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59247
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Eden Park Reservoir Dam
Photos
Photo taken by Ken Stigler
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
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BH Photo #272988
Description
Completed in 1878 the two basins covered a total of 12 acres. The east basin retaining wall consisted of eight elliptical arches, each spanning 55'. The length was 1,250'. The width at the base was 48.5', tapering to 25' on the top walk. These basins were cleaned in alternate years and everything was found from wrecked cars to suicide victims. When ever this cleaning took place municipal picnics, complete with music and dancing were held inside the empty basin. Although chemical purification of city water began in 1907 at the new water plant upriver at California, the Eden Park reservoir remained in use. In the 1960s the stone retaining wall of the lower/eastern basin was largely removed and the basin filled in for ball fields.
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over drained reservoir on Pedestrian Trail
- Location
- Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1878, large portion of main retaining wall removed 1960
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 55.0 ft.
Total length: 1,250.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.11185, -84.49217 (decimal degrees)
39°06'43" N, 84°29'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/716829/4332183 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Newport
- Inventory number
- BH 59247 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 18, 2014: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- January 18, 2014: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Dam", "Eden Park"
Here is a link to an old postcard of the original dam.
http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archiv...