Tinted image of the steamboat in the river. 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 snag at the mouth of the Scioto River. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades until 1925 when she collided with the Chris Greene and sank.
Black & white image of the Greyhound steamboat. The Greyhound was built in Ironton in 1901. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was quite fast. Used as a wharfboat at Ironton, she was lost in ice December 31, 1917.
Tinted image of the Lizzie Bay steamboat with many people on deck. She was built in 1886 in Madison, Indiana. From The Portsmouth Times July 13, 1898: "Three Feet Only Required. The Lizzie Bay passed up at noon. The Stanley comes down at 7pm tonight. These boats can run in three feet of water." She was dismantled in 1912.
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.
