Colorized image of the N & W Railroad shops in Portsmouth. The shops were located on Norfolk Street south of Gallia. These shops sold various items and souvenirs pertaining to the railroad.
The 1918 Portsmouth City Directory lists: The Portsmouth Solvay Coke company, M.K. Hitchcock, Traffic Manager, 42-43 First National Bank Building. On June 1, 1917, the Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company was purchased by the Portsmouth Solvay Coke Company to supply the ovens at its new by-product coking plant at Portsmouth. The Freeburn mine in Pike County Kentucky furnished high-grade by-product coal to the coke ovens at Portsmouth. In 1921 the American Rolling Mill Company and the Whitaker-Glessner Company jointly acquired all the capital stock of the Portsmouth Solvay Company and changed the name to the Portsmouth By-Product Coke Company.
Black and white image of the Excelsior Shoe Company. The company was started in 1889, and in 1893 it moved to this location at Third (3rd) and Gay Streets until their new factory was built in 1913 at Gallia and Campbell.
Faded black and white drawn image of the Excelsior Shoe Company at the southwest corner of Gallia Street and Campbell Avenue. The company was stared in 1889, in 1893 it moved to Third (3rd) and Gay Streets and in 1913 this factory was built at Gallia and Campbell. Williams Manufacturing purchased the building in 1935.
Colored image of Williams Shoe Factory, 830 Murray Street. It was founded March 7, 1922 by three Portsmouth brothers - A. Graves, Forest L., and Paul G. Williams, sons of W. Grant Williams. In 1935 they purchased the Excelsior Shoe Company building which was built in 1913. Williams closed in 1976. Mitchellace (Sole Choice) moved into the building in 1980.
Black and white and color image of Williams Shoe Factory, 830 Murray Street. It was founded March 7, 1922 by three Portsmouth brothers - A. Graves, Forest L., and Paul G. Williams, sons of W. Grant Williams. In 1935 they purchased the Excelsior Shoe Company, built in 1913 at Gallia Street and Campbell Avenue. An addition in 1955 extended the plant to Murray Street. (the left wing in this photo) Williams closed in 1976 and Mitchellace (Sole Choice) moved into the building in 1980.
