Colorized image of the U. S. Grant suspension Bridge looking from the Kentucky side. Also known as the Fullerton Bridge, it opened in 1927 as a toll bridge, became toll free in 1974, and was razed in 2001. The new U. S. Grant Bridge would be completed in 2006.
Color photo of the new Greenup Dam Level & Locks dedicated July 21, 1962 on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River 14 miles east of Portsmouth, Ohio. The dam has nine gates each 100 feet wide and 37 feet high. The main lock chamber 110 x 1200 feet with 32 feet lift. The Dam length is 1250 feet.
Color photo image of the interior of the Security Central Bank at 825 Gallia Street. After the bank moved into the vacant Montgomery Ward Department store in 1976, this space became the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center.
Colorized photograph of Chillicothe Street looking north during the parade. The old stone Post Office at the corner of Gallia and Chillicothe is the right.
Colorized image of the crowds at Scioto County Court House during the 1916 Portsmouth Korn Karnival. The Korn Karnival was held each fall from 1913 to 1917 when it was suspended due to World War I.
Colorized image of the C. & O. Railway Bridge over the Ohio River viewed from Sciotoville. Completed in 1917, it is the longest continuous truss railroad bridge ever built. The distance from the Ohio shore to the Kentucky shore is 1,600 feet.
Black and white photo image of a group of unknown individuals standing around the First United Brethren Church located at the corner of Seventh (7th) and Gay Streets. On the back, written in pen is "Cornerstone laying U. B. Church, 1917"
Black and white photo image of the First Presbyterian Church located at 221 Court Street at the corner of Third (3rd) Street. The lighter building on the right was built about 1850 and has walls made of two-foot thick native brick. It is listed on the National Historic Register. The building at the left is the Sunday School built in 1910.
Colorized image of the first Mercy Hospital, which opened July 15, 1921 in the Baron family homestead which was enlarged and remodeled to accommodate twenty-seven beds. John Baron had deeded the property on Kinney's Lane for the location of a hospital. In January 1923 construction of the new five story 50-bed building was begun. After additions and expansions in the 50's and 60's, the building was razed in 2001.
