Black and white photo image of a river scene near Portsmouth: snag boats on the Ohio River. A snag boat was a steamboat with a device that was used to remove debris from the waters.
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.
Black & white photo image of the Queen City, a sternwheeler built in1897 in Cincinnati for the Pittsburg & Cincinnati Packet Line. She served the line until 1933 when she became a wharf boat at Pittsburgh, where she sank in 1940.
Black & white photo image of the Greenland sidewheel packet boat built at Harmer, Ohio in 1903. Her captain, Gorgon C. Greene, ran between Cincinnati and Pomeroy. Damaged by grounding on the Bonanza Bar at Portsmouth in 1917, she was moved to Cincinnati for repair, but she was lost in ice in 1918.
Black and white photo image of the Queen City landing at Portsmouth. This sternwheeler was built in 1897 in Cincinnati for the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Line. She served the line until 1933 when she became a wharf boat at Pittsburgh, where she sank in 1940.