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The Washington Portsmouth, O.
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…
The W.F. Nesbet, Portsmouth, O
Color tinted image of W. F. Nesbet steamboat. Some references mention a steamer named the "W.F. Nisbet" which ran on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers in the 1890's.
The United Brethren Church, Portsmouth, Ohio
Color tinted image of church building with several people at corner of Seventh (7th) and Gay streets.
The United Brethren Church, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and white photo image of the church building at the corner of Seventh (7th) and Gay Streets.
The United Brethren Church, Portsmouth, O.
Hand colored image of church building with small trees
The U.S. Laundry Company
Black & white photo of a man with a horse drawn cart lettered U.S. Laundry Co. of Fourth (4th) Street. The 1910 - 1911 Portsmouth city directory lists the United States Laundry Co at 24 E Fourth (4th) street.
The U.B. Church, Portsmouth, O
Colored photo of the United Brethren Church Building at the corner of Seventh (7th) & Gay Streets.
The U. S. Grant Bridge, Portsmouth, Ohio
Tinted image of the bridge. A notation at the top: "The Grants operated a tannery on the site of the Kentucky approach to the bridge." The bridge, also known as the Fullerton Bridge, opened in 1927 as a toll bridge and became toll free in 1974. …
The Tacoma, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black & white image of the Tacoma steamboat, built in 1883 at New Richmond, Ohio. She ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. She burned in 1922 at Cincinnati along with three other steamboats.
The Sunshine, Portsmouth, O.
Colorized image of the steamer sidewheeler along the river. The Sunshine was built in Brownsville, PA and completed at Wheeling, WV in 1892. She ran the Pittsburgh-Cincinnati trade.
The Steel Mills, Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and White Photo image of the Steel Mill and surrounding community in New Boston. The mill was known as the Portsmouth Steel Company from 1902 to 1909 and the Whitaker-Glessner Company from 1909 to 1920. From 1920 to 1946 it was the Wheeling…
The Station at Millbrook Park, Portsmouth
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.