Grady George is shown working up the bottom of 1.3 acre pond, constructed five years ago and has never held water very well. Water depth got down to eighteen inches and was dumped out. Pond will be treated with soda ash in an attempt to seal bottom. Located eight miles east of Woodbury.
Farm owner
Ferrell, L.B.
Contextual note
One in a series of photographs of agricultural activities in Cannon County, TN that were taken by W.L. Clement, District Conservationist for the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and his assistants between the mid-1940s and mid-1970s.
People in Photograph
Grady George
Collection Name
Photographs of W.L. Clement, U.S. Soil Conservation Service
ID Number
T-2197-1
Subject-LCSH
Farm ponds; Allis-Chalmers tractors;
Subject-TGM
Photographic prints;
Geographic Location
Cannon County (Tenn.)
Community Name
Woodbury;
Soil Conservation District or Watershed
TN-SCD-19; Stones River
Type
Image
Format
jpeg
Genre
Photograph
Extent
Approx. 4" x 4.5"
Source file
T21971_301f_allischalmers
Copyright status
Publication of the United States government. Not copyrighted
Conditions for use
May be freely reproduced. Please credit the original photograph to: United States Soil Conservation Service. Credit the source of the digital item to: Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University.
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
