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Ye Olde Mill, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of Union Mills. The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses until shortly before his death in 1894.
The Scioto Star Fire Brick Works, Portsmouth, O.
Colored image of Scioto Fire Star Brick factory in Sciotoville, Ohio
Manly M.E. Church, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of Manly M.E. Church
Chillicothe Street, Portsmouth, Ohio, Ohio River Flood, January, 1937
Black & white photo of Chillicothe Street looking north
Chillicothe Street Looking Toward River, Portsmouth, Ohio, Ohio River Flood, January, 1937
Black & white photo of Chillicothe Street looking south
Street Scene at Portsmouth, Ohio, Ohio River Flood, January, 1937
Black & white photo of homes surrounded by flood water
N. & W. Terminals, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of RR yard, Ohio River, and Kentucky hills.
Portsmouth Wharf, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of the steamboat Greenwood at the wharf at the end of Market Street. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a…
Front Street, 1913 Flood, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black & white photo of Portsmouth Hotel and other business buildings in flood
The Washington Hotel, Portsmouth 1937 Flood
Sepia photo of the Washington Hotel surrounded by flood water. 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 known as the…
Bragdon Dry Goods Company, Portsmouth 1937 Flood
Sepia photo of Bragdon Department store surrounded by flood water
Kobacker's Department Store, Portsmouth 1937 Flood.
Sepia photo of Kobacker's Department store surrounded by flood waters