This Athens Flood Protection Project brochure from 1972 contains photographs and a map of how the Hocking River was re-routed between 1969 and 1971 to reduce flood damage. It consists of two pages and measures 4" x 9" (10.16 x 22.86 cm).

Following World War II, the Ohio University campus began to spread into the flood plain of the Hocking River, which runs from north of Lancaster to the Ohio River at Hockingport. The Hocking Conservancy District was established in 1963 to attempt to reduce the frequency and severity of flooding in the Hocking River floodplain. One solution was to re-channel the river through the Athens area, as detailed in this brochure.