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Rock Creek's Business District

September 11, 1945

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Rock Creek's Business District
  • Title
  • Rock Creek's Business District
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company
  • Date
  • September 11, 1945
  • Identifier
  • 8223.7968.RR
  • Description
  • View looking eastward along Water Street towards Main Street in the business district, this street scene shows a furniture store and G. E. Bailey Garage. Rock Creek was located along the projected path of the Lake Erie - Ohio River Canal and Grand River Dam. If the canal had been built, the area would have had to be evacuated due to the dam and resulting lake. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad debated construction of the canal, for if built, it would dramatically cut the amount of local business to which railways would have access and profits would suffer. Another issue with the project was the questionable financial benefit, for while the canal was initially projected to have a $200 million price tag in 1935, after 32 years the costs rose to over $5 billion. With the new government focus on financing national security between the 1940s and 1960s, the project remained unauthorized and eventually was abandoned. Further information on the canal can be found in the book "Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R.R." by Harold McLean.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Service stations
    Commercial buildings
    Streets
    Children
    Dwellings
    Motor vehicles
    Canals--Designs and plans
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Main Street (Rock Creek, Ohio)
    Water Street (Rock Creek, Ohio)
    Rock Creek (Ohio)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Photographs, 1886-1972
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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