Black and white photo image of the Whitaker-Glessner Company in New Boston. From 1902 until 1909 it was known as the Portmouth Steel Company. In 1909 the Whitaker Iron Works, the Laughlin Nail Works and the Portsmouth Steel Company combined to form the Whitaker-Glessner Company. In 1920 Wheeling Steel, La Belle Iron and Whitaker-Glessner became Wheeling Steel Corporation until 1946. (Frank H. Rowe-History of the Iron and Steel Industry in Scioto County, Ohio)
Colorized photo image of the Warren G. Harding School, named after the twenty-ninth president, Warren G. Harding. It was completed in 1930 at the corner of Harding and Buckley Avenue. It had sixteen rooms and a bell tower. In January 2006, students moved to the new East Portsmouth Elementary School, and the Harding Elementary School was razed later that year.
