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Sepia photo of fire hose, firemen, and onlookers on Gallia Street

Lightly tinted image of steamboat in river, both banks visible. The Greyhound was built in 1901 at Ironton. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was considered quite fast. She was used as a wharfboat at Ironton where she was lost in…

Print of a watercolor of the 1810 House on Waller Street in Portsmouth, the historic home of the Aaron Kinney family. It is now a museum operated by the Ohio Historical Society.

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

Colorized image of the Aqueduct where the Ohio and Erie Canal crossed over Brush Creek in Rush Township approximately 1832-1870

Tinted image of Bond Street School building on the northwest corner of Fourth (4th) & Bond Streets. The twelve room school served elementary students from 1906 to 1939. It as razed in 1948 for the construction of Albers Supermarket.

Colored image of people standing on the bow bridge in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.

Color tinted image of steamboat with Portsmouth in back. The Buckeye State was built in 1878 at Freedom, PA, for the Pittsburgh & Cincinnati Packet Line. She was captained by Wash Kerr.

Reddish tone photo Image of the C & O Bridge at Sciotoville towards Kentucky. Completed in 1917, the C & O Northern Railroad Bridge is the longest continuous truss railroad bridge ever built. The distance between the Ohio and the Kentucky shores is…

Colored photo of the C & O Railway Bridge over the Ohio River at Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, the C & O bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge ever built. It spans 1,600 feet between the Ohio and Kentucky shores.

Sepia image of C. & O. railroad bridge over the Ohio River connecting Sciotoville, Ohio and Kentucky. Viewed from the hills of Sciotoville

Tinted image of children in pool and on playground equipment in York Park outside of the old flood wall. York Park, named for Levi D. York, was located on the Ohio River bank between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.