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.
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.
A scene from York Park after the flood. The park was located along the Ohio River where a rolling (steel) mill had stood before it was destroyed by fire. The park was named after Levi York, president of Burgess Steel & Iron Works.
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 partially destroyed by fire in December 1925. It was rebuilt to only four floors and became Kobackers Department Store in 1928. The building was vacant from 1971 to 1981 when it was acquired by Desco Credit Union.
Tinted image of the Greenwood steamboat in the Ohio river. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip in October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank at the mouth of the Scioto River when she hit a snag. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades. In 1925 she collided with the Chris Greene and sank.
