A clip of Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, speaking at the Hoover Dam dedication in September 1935. Ickes describes the dam as a great engineering feat and an example of wise, productive use of America's natural resources.
Boats along the Ohio Canal in Akron, Ohio. The once-small town of Akron owes much of its 20th century growth to the transportation and shipping lines that were established by the Ohio Canal system.