Colorized image of the Queen City, a sternwheeler built in 1897 in Cincinnati for the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Line. She served the line until 1933 when she became wharf boat at Pittsburgh, where she sank in 1940.
Black and white image of the steamboat the Queen City near Portsmouth. This sternwheeler was built in 1897 in Cincinnati for the Pittsburgh & Cincinnati Packet Line. She served the line until 1933 when she became a wharf boat at Pittsburgh, where she sank in 1940.
Colorized, faded image of the Portsmouth High School, built in 1912 at the site of the Davis High School: the corner of Gallia and Waller Streets. The Portsmouth High School was close din 2006 and razed the following year.
Colorized image of the auditorium of Portsmouth High School at the corner of Gallia and Waller Streets. The building was closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.
Colorized image of the old Portsmouth High School. The building was built at the corner of Gallia and Findlay Streets in 1871. It was used for the next thirty years until the School Board sold the building in 1903.
Colorized image of the Henry Massie School located on the southwest corner of Second (2nd) and Chillicothe Streets. It replaced the Second Street School which was razed in 1917. The building was closed as public school in 1958.
Colored image of Highland School building on Hutchins Street across from Mound Park, after the expansion in 1907. In 1956 it was razed after the new Highland School was built on the playground area.
Black and white photo image of the "Colored School" in Portsmouth. The school building was located on Eleventh (11th) Street and was erected in 1875, built primarily for African American students. The six room school could accommodate 350 students. It was opened for classes on September 1, 1876. In 1926, it was replaced by the Washington School, a more modern structure.
Black and white photo image of the spillway in Millbrook Park. The spillway's water came from the overflow of the lake. The structure was about twenty feet wide with ten inch steps running down one hundred and fifty feet. The water made a cascade that fell thirty feet, making quite a spectacle.
