Steamboat Leaving Locks, Dam No 32, Portsmouth, Ohio

Title

Steamboat Leaving Locks, Dam No 32, Portsmouth, Ohio

Description

Black & white photo image of the steamer Greenwood along the Ohio River. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a snag at the mouth of the Scioto River. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades until she collided with the Chris Greene and sank in 1925.

Creator

Auburn Post Card Manufacturing Co., Auburn, Indiana

Date

1920-1929

Format

9 cm x 14 cm postcard

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library