Chatham Ridge in Westerville in Franklin County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Clarence Boal Hoover / Charles Potter Hoover

Clarence Boal Hoover Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 28, 2008

1. Clarence Boal Hoover Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Clarence Boal Hoover
First employed by city
September 1, 1904
Appointed Chief Engineer
May 1, 1920
Appointed Superintendent of Water
December 1, 1921
Deceased
November 5, 1949

Charles Potter Hoover
First employed by city
July 20, 1908
Appointed Chief Chemist
October 23, 1911
Appointed Superintendent of Water
December 1, 1949
Deceased November 14, 1950

Erected by City of Columbus.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1812.

Location. 40° 6.514′ N, 82° 53.217′ W. Marker is in Westerville, Ohio, in Franklin County. It is in Chatham Ridge. Marker is on Sunbury Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is in a plaza between the western edge of the Hoover Reservoir Dam and Sunbury Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7701 Sunbury Rd, Westerville OH 43081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Central College Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Ellsworth Chapel (approx. 0.6 miles away); Blendon Township War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Blendon Central Cemetery (approx. 1.3 miles away); First Blendon Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.3 miles away); Edward Phelps (approx. 1.3 miles away); Blendon Township's Early Presbyterian Churches and Church Bell (approx. 1.4 miles away); Phelps Acre Park (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Westerville.

Also see . . . Wikipedia Article. Hoover Dam (Ohio), not to be confused with Hoover Dam. (Submitted on April 30, 2009, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.)

Charles Potter Hoover Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 28, 2008

2. Charles Potter Hoover Marker

Clarence Boal Hoover and Charles Potter Hoover Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., December 28, 2008

3. Clarence Boal Hoover and Charles Potter Hoover Markers

Looking east across the Hoover Reservoir Dam.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,983 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.