Name/Title
View of Lower Lake from Mill Dam, 1898Entry/Object ID
082.1931 Bau.42Tags
North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 19th Century, 1890s, Shaker Lakes, Boulevard Neighborhood, Cleveland Heights, Shaker HeightsDescription
Plate 42 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing Lower Lake from the mill dam.
Baus description: "The mill dam at the west end of the Lower Lake was thickly planted with willows and thus adding strength to the embankment. The dam was built in 1837 at the time the saw mill was erected, and thus the lower lake of 25 acres was formed."Photograph Details
Subject Place
Township
Warrensville TownshipCounty
Cuyahoga CountyState/Province
OhioCountry
United StatesLake
Lower LakeCity
Shaker Heights, Cleveland HeightsAcquisition
Notes
Gift of Eugene L. Baus, 1974Location
Location
Room
Elizabeth Nord Library & ArchivesBuilding
Shaker Historical SocietyDate
September 20, 2025Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
North Union Shaker Village, Louis BausRelated Publications
Publication
Shakers of Ohio, Shakers & KirtlandNotes
Image used on page 157 of MacLean's Shakers of Ohio