Tinted image of the Island Queen steamboat and two other boats. The Island Queen, property of the Coney Island Company, was built in Cincinnati in 1896. She and three other steamboats burned at Cincinnati in 1922.
Colored image of canal, towpath, bridge, and mill in West Portsmouth. The grist mill was built by Lemuel Moss in 1834. David Gibson built a distillery nearby in 1857. George Davis bought and operated both businesses from about 1860 until shortly before his death in 1894.
Sepia tone image of York Park outside of the old flood wall. York Park, named for Levi D. York, was located on the Ohio River bank in the area between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.
Colored photo image of children and playground equipment at York Park near the river. York Park, named for Levi D. York, was outside the old flood wall between Chillicothe Street and Washington Street in the early 1900's.
