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.
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.
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.
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.
Colorized image of the YMCA building at 2829 Gallia Street at the end of Norfolk Street, built in 1906 by the N & W for railroad employees sleeping quarters. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
Black and white photo image of the YMCA building at 2829 Gallia Street at the end of Norfolk Street, built in 1906 by the N & W for railroad employees sleeping quarters. It was closed in 1960 and razed in 1968.
