Title	Slavia Drainage District canal. 1930s
Tag	DP0020519
Photographer	Unknown
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."
Format	image/jpg image/tiff image/jp2
Identifier	SLAV019
Keywords	Drainage canal Slavia Drainage District Slavia Drainage District canal. 1930s
Repository	St. Luke's Lutheran Church and School DSpace at St. Luke's
Repository Collection	Slavia Colony Images
Type	image
Language	English
Source	The Duda Family
Coverage-Spatial	Seminole County, Fla.
Rights	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.
Digital Reproduction Specifications	Jpeg2000 images were derived from previously scanned jpeg images.
Date Issued	2013-08-12
Date Available	2013-08-12
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/10860/991
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Slavia Drainage District canal. 1930s

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