Sealing the pond with soda ash

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Title	Sealing the pond with soda ash
Creator(s)	Clement, William L., photographer
Publisher	United States. Soil Conservation Service
Date	1963-10-24
Coverage	1960-1969;
Photographer's notes	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
Contributing Institution	Arts Center of Cannon County

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