Black and white image of the C & O Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River in Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, the bridge is the longest continuous truss railroad bridge ever built. The distance from Ohio shore to Kentucky shore is 1,600 feet.
Colorized image of the C & O Bridge over the Ohio River between Sciotoville and South Shore/Fullerton in Kentucky. Completed in 1917, the C & O Railroad Bridge is the longest continuous truss railroad bridge ever built. The distance between the Ohio and Kentucky shores in 1,600 feet.
Colorized image of the Irving Drew Company. The 1915 Portsmouth City Directory lists locations of the Irving Drew Company as 533-537 Front Street and 1658-1662 Eleventh (11th) Street. The company manufactured women's shoes.
Colorized image of the Selby Shoe Company. It reached a peak employment of about 5500 in its factory at Seventh (7th) and Findlay Streets before closing in 1957. There was a tunnel under Findlay Street to the Post Office.
Colorized image of Raven Rock. The famous rock sits facing the junction of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers about two miles west of Portsmouth. Old Scioto County folklore says that the rock used as a lookout point for the Shawnee Indians.
Colorized image of the Post Office in Wheelersburg. Around 1823, the first post office of Porter Township erected. It was named after Scioto County war hero Major Porter Wheeler's son, Porter Wheeler.
Photo image of the lake in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
