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Black & white photo of railway passenger station in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.

Blue tinted image of the carousel in Millbrook Park, Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres.

Black & white image of the Greyhound steamboat. The Greyhound was built in Ironton in 1901. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was quite fast. Used as a wharfboat at Ironton, she was lost in ice December 31, 1917.

Colored image of New Boston Municipal Stadium

Black & white image of the Washington Hotel. Built in 1901 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets, the Washington charged $3.00 per day in 1903 (Evans history of Scioto County.) From 1939 to 1956 it was called the Milner Hotel. In about…

Darkly tinted image of Portsmouth with the moon reflected on the river

Tinted image of Portsmouth, the Ohio River

Colored image of the C & O Railroad Bridge, the Ohio River, and Sciotoville viewed from the air. The C & O Railroad bridge, completed in 1917, spans 1,600 feet between the Ohio and Kentucky shores.

Tinted image of the Lizzie Bay steamboat with many people on deck. She was built in 1886 in Madison, Indiana. From The Portsmouth Times July 13, 1898: "Three Feet Only Required. The Lizzie Bay passed up at noon. The Stanley comes down at 7pm…

Dark blue night time image of Government Square opposite the old stone Post Office at far left, and the city building or the Kricker Building at center. The Royal Savings building is on the right.

Black & white image of river and two boats near land

Tinted image of small house by stream in woods