Ohio Railroad Cyanotypes

Finding aid for the Ohio Railroad Cyanotypes



Title:	Ohio Railroad Cyanotypes
Repository:	Ohio History Connection Phone: 614-297-2510 http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm4/index_aids.php?CISOROOT=/aids
Creator:	Unknown
Dates:	1893
Quantity:	0.17 cubic feet
Abstract:	The collection contains 18 cyanotype photographs taken along an unidentified rail line in Perry County, Ohio. Most of the images document the landscape between railroad stations and trestles identified by numbers. A few photographs depict unidentified people attending sheep or sitting along a fence line. There are also views of rivers and farms in southeastern Ohio. A photograph of the Congo Plant, a coal facility, in Congo, Perry County, Ohio is located in Folder 1.
Identification:	AV 22
Location:	Ohio Historical Center
Language:	The records are in English

History of Railroads in Perry County, Ohio

These cyanotype photographs were most likely taken in Perry County for the purpose of surveying potential railroad expansion. At the time, the railroad line most likely belonged to one of the following lines: the Cincinnati and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; the Columbus, Shawnee and Hocking Railroad; the Kanawha and Michigan Railraod; or the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad. The Congo plant, a coal facility in Perry County, is also represented. The small town of Congo was developed as a model mining town in 1891-1892. The town of Congo received mail service from May 19, 1892 until February 28, 1959. Sources: Archeological, Historical and Geological Map of Perry County [Map VFM 0144- F]; Gallagher, John S. and Alan H. Patera. The Post Offices of Ohio. Burtonsville, Maryland: The Depot, 1979. [R 383.49771 G135p] History of Perry County Ohio, Illustrated Map of the Middle Kittanniny and Upper Freeport Coals above Drainage in Hocking County and in Perry, Athens and Vinton Counties, in Part. C. E. Sherman, 1892. [Map VFM 0553-2] Geology of Ohio, Vol. 7, No. 3. . The Perry County Historical Society, 1980. C. L. Martzloff, 1902.

Scope and Content

The collection contains 18 cyanotype photographs taken along an unidentified rail line in Perry County, Ohio. Most of the images document the landscape between railroad stations and trestles identified by numbers. A few photographs depict unidentified people attending sheep or sitting along a fence line. There are also views of rivers and farms in southeastern Ohio. A photograph of the Congo Plant, a coal facility, in Congo, Perry County, Ohio is located in Folder 1.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is organized in one series. Series I: Cyanotype photographs

Restrictions on Use

This collection is available for the purpose of research. Consideration of copyright is the responsibility of the author and publisher.

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Ohio Historical Society.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Coal-mining machinery -- Photographs.

Railroads -- Ohio -- Photographs.

Places:

Perry County (Ohio) -- Photographs

Material Types:

Cyanotypes.

Photographic prints.

Preferred Citation

Researchers are requested to cite Ohio Railroad Cyanotypes, AV 22 and the Ohio Historical Society in all footnote and bibliographic references

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated by Jana Drvota from the Ohio State University Archives in April of 2001, and it became accession number M2001-0142.

Processing Information

Processed by Lisa Wood, Audiovisual Archivist and Stacia Kuceyeski, Archival Research Assistant, November 2001.