Tinted image of the bridge. A notation at the top: "The Grants operated a tannery on the site of the Kentucky approach to the bridge." The bridge, also known as the Fullerton Bridge, opened in 1927 as a toll bridge and became toll free in 1974. In 2001 it was closed for demolition and replacement.
Colored image of the first U.S. Grant Bridge, Portsmouth and the Scioto River north of Portsmouth. Also known as the Fullerton Bridge, it was opened in 1927 as a toll bridge, became toll free in 1974, and was demolished in 2001 in preparation for the building of the new U.S. Grant Bridge Bridge which opened in 2006.
Colorized photo image of the N. & W. Railway Bridge over the Scioto River on the west side of Portsmouth at Vera Junction. In March 1913 one middle section of this bridge was damaged by flood waters and had to be rebuilt. It was in service until 2003.
Lightly tinted image of steamboat in river, both banks visible. The Greyhound was built in 1901 at Ironton. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was considered quite fast. She was used as a wharfboat at Ironton where she was lost in ice December 31, 1917.
