Scope and Contents
Established in 1886, the Louisville District of the Corps of Engineers is charged with supporting the armed forces for national defense and managing water resources in parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The photographs in this collection document the activities of the Corps including navigation and flood control improvements on the Kentucky, Licking, Miami, Little Miami, Ohio, White, Wabash, and other rivers, floods, lock and dams, dredging, floating plants, dikes, and levee...
Dates:
1884-1967