Postcard of workers at Markland Dam Lock 39, Markland, Indiana, circa1914
| Description: |
Photo showing several people at work along train tracks leading to Markland Dam on the Ohio River. The handwritten caption on this image reads Lock 39 and This is the gang Will worked with some time. Postmarked 9-18-1914.The donors great-great-grandfather, Christian Henry Brameier, owned a large farm in the area where the dam was built. He sold part of his land to build the dam. |
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| Origin: | 1914, ca, |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/26090B85-BA55-4A16-99F6-865748101910 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Markland, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Reita Vandrey Collection Switzerland County (Ind.) Construction Dams Dam construction Markland (Ind.) Construction workers Ohio River |
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