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Unknown;

Keywords

Drainage canal; Slavia Drainage District; Slavia Drainage District canal. 1930s

Description

Image of a canal dug to drain the low lying muck lands in Slavia after the formation of the Slavia Drainage District, comprising some 4,500 acres of land, in the 1930s. As noted in "Like A Mustard Seed: the Slavia Settlement" (Paul Wehr-1982): "A firm was hired to dig the drainage canals for $80,000. Bonds were issued for that amount, backed by an assessment of $1 per acre of high land and $2 per acre of swampland. Most of the land in the drainage district lay outside Slavia. Because those owners were unable to meet their financial obligation to the district, it went bankrupt. With the economy stagnated by a nationwide depression, the endeavor appeared dead. Through the efforts of [Martin]Stanko and Andrew Duda, Jr., however, the district was able to negotiate a $31,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and successfully complete the project."

Date

1930s

Coverage-Spatial

Seminole County, Fla.

Number of Images

1

Side of Image

Front of Postcard

Repository

St. Luke's Lutheran Church and School; DSpace at St. Luke's

Repository Collection

Slavia Colony Images;

Identifier

DP0020519

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact St. Luke’s Lutheran Church at 2021 W SR 426, Oviedo, FL 32765 or (407) 365-3408.

Digital Publisher

St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Oviedo, Fla.

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Keywords

Drainage canal; Slavia Drainage District; Slavia Drainage District canal. 1930s

 
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