Description: This photograph depicts a H.J. Heinz Company building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in this building. On the photo is written: "H.J. HEINZ CO. PITTSBURGH YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F44_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh; H.J. Heinz Company
Places: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania); Allegheny County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: The Ross County Courthouse in the county seat of Chillicothe was built in 1858. It is located at 2 North Paint Street. By proclamation of Gov. Arthur St. Clair on August 20, 1789, Ross County was formed. It was named for James Ross of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, who was a friend of Gov St. Clair. The county covered most of the the state of Ohio. It has been its current size since 1803, In 1800, Chillicothe was named the capital of the Northwest Territory. Chillicothe also served as the capital of the State of Ohio from 1803 to 1809 when it was moved to Zanesville. Then in 1816, the capital was moved back to Chillicothe for one year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F02_009_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Court-houses
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Sailboats on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio." This photograph shows three unidentified men in sailboats on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio. During the warmer months, many Ohioans can be seen flocking to lakes and rivers for picnicking, sunbathing, sailing and swimming. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_052_001
Subjects: Ohio River--History; Sailing; Sailboats; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stephen Collins Foster who was born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1826, was know as the "father of American Music." In 1846 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and became a bookkeeper for his brother's steamship company. It was there that he began to write music. He died in Lower Manhattan, New York on January 13, 1864 and was buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His song, "Beautiful Dreamer" was published shortly after his death. This statue is in Alms Park, Cincinnati, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F06_013_001
Subjects: Foster, Stephen C. (Stephen Collins), 1826-1864; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Ice jam on Ohio River at Cincinnati." The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at modern-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends approximately 900 miles downstream at Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. It received its English name from the Iroquois word, "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river." Thirty-one of the state's major streams and rivers flow directly into the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_014_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows several sailboats on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio. During the warmer months, many Ohioans can be seen flocking to lakes and rivers for picnicking, sunbathing, sailing and swimming. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_009_001
Subjects: Ohio River--History; Sailing; Sailboats; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Scenic Ohio River views, Cin. Ohio." This photograph is of a portion of the Ohio River. The Cincinnati Sheet Metal & Roofing and the American Steel & and Wire Co. buildings are both in the foreground, as well a large crate, presumably for loading and unloading cargo from boats traveling the Ohio River. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_013_1
Subjects: Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on reverse reads: "Code - C 1; Class. - Rivers, etc.; Ident. - Ohio River; Location - At Manchester; This photo must be returned to Ohio Writers' Project 78 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, Ohio." Manchester is located approximately 74 miles upstream of Cincinnati, Ohio. Originally called Massie's Station, it was the first permanent white settlement within the Virginia Military District, built along the Ohio River in 1790 and was built near the "Three Islands." Native Americans used these islands to attack settlers traveling down the Ohio River. Nathanial Massie offered nineteen men property if they would settle in the town. He used the settlement as a base for his survey work in the district. In 1791, Massie's Station became known as Manchester, Ohio. Massie named the community after Manchester, England. It was the fourth permanent settlement established in the Northwest Territory. By 1791, residents had completely encircled the community with a stockade to provide protection from Native Americans. Manchester served as the county seat for Adams County from 1797 to 1803, when residents moved local government to West Union. Located on the Ohio River across from the slaveholding state of Kentucky, Manchester proved an important community along the Underground Railroad. The larger of the two remaining islands is called Manchester, and the smaller is called Tow Head. They are now part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuges under the supervision of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F01_001_001
Subjects: Ohio River
Places: Manchester Township (Ohio); Adams County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1814, this was the first meeting house constructed west of the Allegheny Mountains by the small religious denomination known as the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The town of Mount Pleasant, where the meeting house is located, has a long history of Quaker settlement. The Friends here were staunch social reformers and abolitionists, many of whom were active participants in the Underground Railroad. The meeting house itself acted as a community gathering place and a center of faith not just for the Friends living in Mount Pleasant, but also for Quakers throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. It was a massive structure that could accommodate up to 2000 people. From its inception until 1909, annual, quarterly, and monthly meetings were held here during which religious and business matters were discussed and debated. Men and women gathered separately from one another at meetings. During such occasions a wooden partition could be lowered from the center of the room to create two equally-sized spaces. This photograph displays the view of the Minister’s Gallery that can be seen from the women’s side of the building. In 1950, the structure was deeded to the State of Ohio and was later restored by the Ohio Historical Society and opened to the public. This picture was taken before restoration efforts had begun. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08202
Subjects: Quakers; Society of Friends; Quaker meeting houses
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Mt. Adams Incline, in Cincinnati, Ohio." View of the Ohio River and the City of Cincinnati, facing southeast, from the top of the Mount Adams Incline. Mount Adams Incline, extending from Lock St. to Rookwood Pl. and Celestial St., was the more important of the two local inclines. The inclines comprised two stilted, cable-drawn platforms that raised wagons and pedestrians, and later the Zoo-Eden Streetcars and automobiles 268 feet from Lock Street to the hilltop on an inclined track 945 feet long. The understructure, over house tops and streets, is made of stout lumber and had a track gauge of 4 feet 8.5 inches. The funicular railway, completed in 1875, was closed in 1948, and I-471 now runs through the location at the base of the hill. Near the center of the photograph, a water tower with the word "Seeds" can be seen, next to which can be seen on the building, the words "Acme Seeds." Another picture shows a sign near this building for The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Company but it is unclear if these two are related. More information needed. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. The bridge on the left, is the L&N Bridge or Louisville & Nashville RR Bridge, opened in 1872 as the Newport & Cincinnati Bridge and was the first railroad bridge to cross the Ohio River in Cincinnati. The bridge was modified in 1897 to include street car and horse and cart traffic. In 1904, the cart path was paved for automobiles and the bridge renamed as the L&N Bridge after its new owners. By the late 1940's street car service was removed and in 1987 railroad traffic ceased. By the 1990's the bridge was lightly used by automobile traffic, and was officially renamed the CSX Bridge after new owners. On April 17, 2001 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, closed to automobiles in 2002, and reopened in 2003 after a $4 million renovation as a pedestrian only bridge. The bridge on the right, called the Central Bridge or Cincinnati & Newport Bridge, was finished in 1890 and was the first "standard" cantilever truss bridge to be built. Located next to the L&N Bridge seen in the background, the Central Bridge had a similar type and length of approach spans to that of the L&N bridge, with the piers built from identical stone. Demolished in 1992, the bridge was replaced by the Taylor-Southgate Bridge in 1995. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_030_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Funicular railroads; Inclined planes
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River seen from below Cincinnati. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at modern-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends approximately 900 miles downstream at Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. It received its English name from the Iroquois word, "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04021
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River and the City of Cincinnati, facing southeast. The plain two story brick building on the left is Sattler's Groceries and Meats. Near the center of the photograph, a water tower with the word "Seeds" can be seen, underneath which is a sign reads "The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Co.. Only Retail Space. [?]30 East 4th. [?]erald Lawn." The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Company was founded in 1838, and originally gathered from the families' 48 acre farm. The company expanded many times, with offices and warehouses located all along Walnut Street, just below Fourth Street. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. The first bridge, from left to right, is the L&N Bridge or Louisville & Nashville RR Bridge, opened in 1872 as the Newport & Cincinnati Bridge and was the first railroad bridge to cross the Ohio River in Cincinnati. The bridge was modified in 1897 to include street car and horse and cart traffic. In 1904, the cart path was paved for automobiles and the bridge renamed as the L&N Bridge after its new owners. By the late 1940's street car service was removed and in 1987 railroad traffic ceased. By the 1990's the bridge was lightly used by automobile traffic, and was officially renamed the CSX Bridge after new owners. On April 17, 2001 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, closed to automobiles in 2002, and reopened in 2003 after a $4 million renovation as a pedestrian only bridge. The center bridge, called the Central Bridge or Cincinnati & Newport Bridge, was finished in 1890 and was the first "standard" cantilever truss bridge to be built. Located next to the L&N Bridge seen in the background, the Central Bridge had a similar type and length of approach spans to that of the L&N bridge, with the piers built from identical stone. Demolished in 1992, the bridge was replaced by the Taylor-Southgate Bridge in 1995. The last bridge, locally known as "The Suspension Bridge", was designed by engineer John A. Roebling, the Covington and Cincinnati Bridge was completed in December of 1866, following a decade of construction which was delayed by the Civil War and financial constraints. At the time it was built, the bridge had the longest main span in the world and was also the first bridge to use both vertical suspenders and diagonal stays branching out from the towers. The bridge was remodeled in 1894 to widen the deck and to accommodate more weight. The bridge was named the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in 1984. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_029
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Bridges--Ohio River; Ohio River; National Register of Historic Places;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)