Parma Reservoir – Parma Heights OH

Description

The Parma Reservoir, also known as the The Parma Heights Water Facility for The City of Cleveland, “is the 1933-37 Parma Reservoir. A 326 x 306-ft. earth-covered concrete tank, technically referred to as a basin, with a Gothic-style facade resembling a 14th-century English castle hold the 23-million gallon reservoir. …[L]like many Depression-era public works projects, labor was provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as a New Deal unemployment relief measure.”

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https://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=PR2

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 30, 2016.

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Location Info


5953 Deering Ave.
Parma Heights, OH 44130

Coordinates: 41.397550, -81.747491

One comment on “Parma Reservoir – Parma Heights OH

  1. Suzanne Long

    I grew up on Deering Ave in the 60s. There were no fences we were lucky enough to ask the men working if we could explore. On the roof there was grass. Great memories we truly felt free summer after summer.

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