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Mosquito Creek Reservoir

July 23, 1947

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Mosquito Creek Reservoir
  • Title
  • Mosquito Creek Reservoir
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company
  • Date
  • July 23, 1947
  • Identifier
  • 8223.8161.RR
  • Description
  • View of a boat access area at the Mosquito Creek Reservoir, near the site of the proposed Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal that would have connected Cleveland and Pittsburgh. 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
  • Lakes
    Motor vehicles
    Boats and boating
    Canals--Designs and plans
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Mosquito Creek Lake (Ohio)
    Trumbull County (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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