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Description: Construction of the Dover Dam on the Tuscarawas River in Tuscarawas County. The dam was erected from limestone and shale, and the elevation is 850. The cost of $7,755,300 includes levees at Zoar, Somerdale, three industrial levees to protect the Corundite Refractory at Zoar, the Fairfield Brick Company at Zoarville, the Norton Chemicals Company at Mineral City and associated study costs. The date of completion for the dam is November 29, 1937. Reverse reads: “Muskingum Conservancy District Dover Reservoir and Dam #1.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_003_001
Subjects: Dam construction--1930-1940; Tuscarawas River (Ohio)
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)