Online Exhibits at Cleveland Memory: CIVIL ENGINEERING
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Cleveland's First Infrastructure: The Ohio & Erie Canal
When the first section of the Ohio & Erie Canal opened on the Fourth of July 1827, a reliable passage became a reality for persons and products traveling between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. This event eased the uncertainty with which Ohio settlers lived, and redirected the course of cities and towns along its route. At the time, the Canal was hailed as a "vast and magnificent undertaking" by John Kilbourn writing in 1828, during a time when the field of civil engineering was "becoming of great importance to mankind, both in a pecuniary and political point of view..."

Construction Photographs in the Cleveland Union Terminal Collection
This site documents the construction of the Cleveland Union Terminal (CUT) on the southwest quadrant of Public Square. The CUT was designed to be the union passenger station for railroad trains entering Cleveland after 1930. The project included a complex of office buildings, a hotel, department store, and post office; all capped by the Terminal Tower, then the tallest building between New York City and Chicago. The exhibit includes two collections of black and white photographs documenting the original conditions on this land before the neighborhoods and commercial districts were demolished to make way for for the Union Terminal project.

Great Lakes Industrial History Center
The Great Lakes Industrial History Center provides a resource where the public can gain an appreciation for the efforts and accomplishments of business and industry which led to the opening of the Great Lakes and the industrial development of adjacent regions and where visitors are inspired to continue the pursuit of inventiveness, ingenuity, and excellence.

King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company
The King Iron Bridge Co. played an important role in the development and construction of metal truss bridges, a product of American engineering and construction technology, nationwide during the latter part of the Nineteenth Century. The Company built bridges in Cleveland that include the Central Viaduct in 1888; the Center Street swing bridge in 1901, Cleveland's last remaining swing bridge; and the 591 ft. steel arch of the Detroit-Superior (Veteran's Memorial) bridge in 1918.

Naef & Joslin Company Photographs of Conneaut, Ohio
Naef & Joslin was a professional photography firm in Conneaut, Ohio. About 1900 they took several series of photographs of the docks, vessells, bulk material handling equipment and other features at the port of Conneaut.

Stereoscopic Images of Cleveland in 3D
Stereoscopic scenes taken from historic stereoview cards showing Cleveland and the wider Great Lakes industrial region.