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Colorized photo image of the Temple Baptist Church located at the corner of Gallia and Waller Streets.

Colorized image of the Holy Redeemer School located near the Holy Redeemer Catholic church at 1325 Gallia Street.

Colorized image of the steel mill in New Boston, surrounding homes along the Ohio River. In 1909 the Whitaker Iron Works, the Laughlin Nail Works and the Portsmouth Steel Company combined to form the Whitaker-Glessner Company. In 1920 Wheeling…

Black and white photo image of 1913 flood from hilltop

Black and white photo image of the Norfolk & Western Railway Bridge stretching over the Scioto River at Vera junction in Portsmouth. This photo was taken during the 1913 flood. The bridge was repaired and used until 2003.

Black and white photo image of houses submerged in flood water

Black & white photo of flood damage in York Park, date unknown, possibly the flood of 1913. York Park, named for Levi York, was located on the Ohio River bank on Front Street between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.

Black and white photo image of flooded Chillicothe Street. Hall Brothers, Outfitters to Men and Boys, was located in the Masonic Temple Building at the north west corner of Chillicothe and Fourth Streets in 1913.

Black and white photo image of a flood in Portsmouth.

Sepia tone photo image of where the fifth(5th) bridge over the Scioto River used to be. It was destroyed on March 26, 1913 in the flood and replaced in 1915 by the sixth (6th) bridge which was used until 1997.

Black and white photo looking south toward the Masonic Temple at the northwest corner of Chillicothe and Fourth (4th) Streets in the 1913 flood when the Bragdon Dry Goods Company was located in the building. This Masonic Temple was built in 1906 and…

Black and white photo of Sixth (6th) and Chillicothe Streets in the 1913 flood