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The Aqueduct Portsmouth (Ohio)
Tinted image of the Aqueduct where the Ohio and Erie Canal crossed over Brush Creek in Rush Township.
The Scioto River Bridge, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of the bridge over the Scioto River on the west side of Portsmouth. This bridge replaced the previous one that washed away in the 1913 flood. This, the sixth (6th) bridge, was opened in 1915 and was used until 1997 when it was closed…
Bird's Eye View of Portsmouth, Ohio, showing U.S. Grant Bridge, Ohio and Scioto Rivers
Colored image of the first U.S. Grant Bridge, Portsmouth and the Scioto River north of Portsmouth. Also known as the Fullerton Bridge, it was opened in 1927 as a toll bridge, became toll free in 1974, and was demolished in 2001 in preparation for the…
Grant's Cabin - West Side - Portsmouth, O
Tinted image of the log cabin built at the site of Orville Grant's Buckhorn Tannery
Grimes Hotel, Portsmouth, Ohio
Colored image of the Grimes Hotel at 902 Second (2nd) Street. This building was "Portsmouth's first flat building" according to the Portsmouth Daily Times of July 27, 1907. Built by H S Grimes at the corner of Second (2nd) and Gay Streets, it had…
Portsmouth High School
Black and white photo of Portsmouth High School at Gallia and Waller Streets. Built in 1912. Closed in 2006 and razed in 2007.
Lubrication Department, Auto Brake Service Company - Portsmouth, Ohio
Black and White photo of the interior of Bill Hedges' Auto Brake Service at 1511 Gallia Street in Portsmouth
Hotel Hurth
Colored image on the Fireproof Hotel Hurth at the corner of Third (3rd) and Chillicothe Streets. Built in 1923 by Adolph Hurth, it had 107 rooms with adjoining baths with hot and cold running water. It also had a barber shop, a pressing room and a…
Wheelersburg Masonic Hall
Black and white photo of the Masonic Hall dated 1901 in Wheelersburg on the corner of Gallia Street and Lick Run/Lyra Road. The Western Sun Masonic Lodge has met here since 1923.
Methodist Episcopal Church, South Webster, Ohio
Black and white photo of the Methodist Episcopal Church in South Webster, Bloom Township
First Presbyterian Church, Portsmouth, Ohio
Tinted image of the First Presbyterian Church Building at 221 Court Street at the corner of Third ( 3rd) Street. It was built about 1850 and has walls made of two-foot thick native brick. It is listed on the National Historic Register.
New Hemstead Hospital - Portsmouth, Ohio
Tinted image of the new Hempstead Hospital opened in 1908, named for Dr. Giles S.B. Hempstead. Enlarged with a third floor and 2 wings in 1923, it was re-named Portsmouth General Hospital in 1925. In 1964 it became Scioto Memorial Hospital until…