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  1. 1941 Collapsed 1888 Wagon Bridge - Print, Photographic

    A black & white photograph of the collapsed span of the 1888 Wagon Bridge over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941, many years after the bridge had been deemed unsafe by the Ohio Department of Transportation. This view is looking northeast from the river level toward the Wood County side of the river. There are two men and a woman standing on the pier at the right side of the frame.

    Record Type: Photo

    Bridge Collapse 1941
  2. 1941 Collapse of 1888 Wagon Bridge - Print, Photographic

    A black & white photograph of the collapsed span of the 1888 Wagon Bridge over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941, many years after the bridge had been deemed unsafe by the Ohio Department of Transportation. This view is looking southeast toward the Wood County side of the river.

    Record Type: Photo

    Collapsed 1888 Wagon Bridge
  3. 1948 Bridge and Ice Jam - Print, Photographic

    A black and white photograph of the 1948 Bridge spanning the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio, with slabs of ice jamming the shore in the foreground. This view is looking northeast, downriver, from the Lucas County side of the river.

    Record Type: Photo

    1948 Bridge and Ice Jam
  4. 1948 Waterville Bridge - Print, Photographic

    This black & white photograph shows 2 firetrucks replenishing their tanks from the Maumee River at Waterville, Ohio. In the background is the 1948 Waterville Bridge which carries SR 64 from Waterville to Perrysburg Township. This view is looking southeast toward the Wood County side of the river.

    Record Type: Photo

    1948 Waterville Bridge
  5. Albert and Charles Graf and their Blackmith Shop - Print, Photographic

    A black & white two-photo composite. The top photo is of Albert Graf (L) and his father Charles Graf (R), next to the doorway of their blacksmith shop (on the corner of Farnsworth and 2nd St.) in Waterville, Ohio, showing the front and east side and a large sign on front. It is displayed, unmatted in a black wood frame.

    Record Type: Photo

    Graf Blacksmith
  6. Canal Boat Legal Tender in Waterville, Ohio - Print, Photographic

    Canal boat Legal Tender, on the Miami & Erie Canal, and Pekin Mills in Waterville, Ohio.

    Record Type: Photo

    Canal Boat and Pekin Mills
  7. Gorge at Turkey Foot Rock, 1910 - Print, Photographic

    Titled "Gorge at Turkey Foot Rock February 16, 1910, No. 4 L. Co. O.". The Pumpkin Vine electric interurban car is encased in an ice jam from the Maumee River. There are 2 men standing on the top of ice floes, taller than the Pumpkin Vine. This location is downriver from Waterville, Ohio.

    Record Type: Photo

    Pumpkin Vine RR
  8. Map - A 1948 Map of the zoning ordinance of the Village of Waterville, Lucas Co., Ohio

    Map of the Village of Waterville dated April 5, 1948. Map created for zoning ordinance, shows lot number and zoning class for village lots and outlying properties for sections I, II and III. Signed and dated on bottom by Albert F. Graf, Mayor and Ernest D. Hook, clerk.

    Record Type: Archive

    A 1948 Map of Waterville Ohio showing Roche de Boeuf
  9. Rupp Canal Store - Painting

    A large oil painting on canvas of a canal boat tied up at the Rupp Canal Store dock. Man and little girl standing on dock. Painting displayed in a wide wooden frame stained brown with a gold overcoat and a 3/4" wide cream/ivory colored fabric line around inner part of frame

    Record Type: Photo

    Weihl Painting of Rupp Canal Store and Canal Boat
  10. Tow Path Bridge and Bowling Green Fault Line - Print, Photographic

    Tow Path Bridge piers, across from stone quarry, taken from below, near the Bowling Green fault Line at Farnsworth Metropark in Waterville, Ohio. This picture taken by John Rose in 2014. These are the remains of a wooden bridge used by mules pulling canal boats from the towpath. There is a small sign, near the top, stating that this is the location of the Bowling green Fault Line.

    Record Type: Photo

    Mule Bridge Ruins
  11. "Tuttle 1898, Waterville, OH" - Sculpture

    A canal boat plaque marked "Tuttle" 1898 Waterville, Ohio. On the back is written: Sculptor, R. Parsil, #7 Series #1.

    Record Type: Object

    Sculpture
  12. Wagon Bridge Collapse in 1941 - Print, Photographic

    A black & white photograph of the collapsed span of the (1888) Wagon Bridge, over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941. This view is looking east toward the Wood County side of the river. It shows the tangle of the metal supports and the bridge roadbed. There is a group of people standing on the pier at the top middle of the picture, and a boat, in the river, to the left of the pier.

    Record Type: Photo

    1941 Bridge Collapse
  13. Wagon Bridge Collapse in 1941 - Print, Photographic

    A black & white photograph of the collapsed span of the (1888) Wagon Bridge, over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941. This view is looking northeast from the river level on the Lucas County side of the river. At the left side of the photo are 3 people standing in the river.

    Record Type: Photo

    Bridge Collapse in 1941
  14. Wagon Bridge Collapse in 1941 - Print, Photographic

    A black & white close-up photograph of the collapsed span of the (1888) Wagon Bridge over the Maumee River in Waterville, Ohio. A milk truck caused the bridge to collapse in 1941. This view is looking northeast from the river level toward the Wood County side of the river. This view shows the wreckage of the milk truck atop the bridge bed. At the left side of the photo is a car which has driven up on the river bottom, and 2 people standing i...

    Record Type: Photo

    Wagon Bridge Collapse in 1941
  15. Waterville Elementary School, Waterville, Ohio - Drawing

    A black and white pen and ink line drawing of Waterville Elementary School, as it would have appeared in 1989. The view is of the northwest corner of the building, also showing sidewalks, a tree, some shrubs and three bike racks. This print is numbered 299/300, and is signed by the artist in stylized script: G. L. W. Copyright 1989 George L. Wagner, Sr.

    Record Type: Object

    Waterville Elementary School
  16. Weeping Willow on the Canal Bank - Negative, Glass-plate

    A glass-plate negative featuring a weepiing willow tree on the bank of the Miami & Erie Canal in Waterville, Ohio.

    Record Type: Photo

    Weeping Willow on the Canal Bank

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