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.
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.
Black and white photo image of the steamboat the Greenwood on the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a snag at the mouth of the Scioto River. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades until 1925 when she collided with the Chris Greene and sank.
Colorized image of the steamboat the Bonanza on the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The Bonanza was a side wheeler builtin in Madison, Indiana in 1876. The boilers and other machine parts were made in Portsmouth.
Black and white photo image of the steamboat the Scioto docking at Portsmouth. The boat carried mail along the Ohio River from Portsmouth to Huntington.
