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Tinted image of the Aqueduct where the Ohio and Erie Canal crossed over Brush Creek in Rush Township.

Colored image of the bridge over the Scioto River on the west side of Portsmouth. This bridge replaced the previous one that washed away in the 1913 flood. This, the sixth (6th) bridge, was opened in 1915 and was used until 1997 when it was closed…

Colored image of the first U.S. Grant Bridge, Portsmouth and the Scioto River north of Portsmouth. Also known as the Fullerton Bridge, it was opened in 1927 as a toll bridge, became toll free in 1974, and was demolished in 2001 in preparation for the…

Tinted image of the log cabin built at the site of Orville Grant's Buckhorn Tannery

Colored image of the Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. This building was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily Times of July 27, 1907. Built by H S Grimes at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had…

Black and white photo of Portsmouth High School at Gallia and Waller Streets. Built in 1912. Closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.

Black and White photo of the interior of Bill Hedges' Auto Brake Service at 1511 Gallia Street in Portsmouth

Colored image on the Fireproof Hotel Hurth at the corner of Third (3rd) and Chillicothe Streets. Built in 1923 by Adolph Hurth, it had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water. It also had a barber shop, a pressing room and a…

Black and white photo of the Masonic Hall dated 1901 in Wheelersburg on the corner of Gallia Street and Lick Run/Lyra Road. The Western Sun Masonic Lodge has met here since 1923.

Black and white photo of the Methodist Episcopal Church in South Webster, Bloom Township

Tinted image of the First Presbyterian Church Building at 221 Court Street at the corner of Third ( 3rd) Street. It was built about 1850 and has walls made of two-foot thick native brick. It is listed on the National Historic Register.

Tinted image of the new Hempstead Hospital opened in 1908, named for Dr. Giles S.B. Hempstead. Enlarged with a third floor and 2 wings in 1923, it was re-named Portsmouth General Hospital in 1925. In 1964 it became Scioto Memorial Hospital until…