Colorized image of the Bostonia on the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The steamboat was a sidewheeler built in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1863 under the supervision of Captain William McClain.
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 photo image of the steamboat the Bonanza on the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The Bonanza was a side wheeler built in Madison, Indiana in 1876. Its boilers and other machinery came from Portsmouth.
Colorized image of the C & O Depot and the ferry on the Ohio River. The C&O Railway Depot, storage buildings, and water tower were actually on the South Portsmouth, Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The depot (left side) was opened in the early 1900's and was still being used by the Chessie System when it was destroyed by fire May 1, 1975.