Description: This 8"" x 10"" (20.32 by 25.40 cm) photograph depicts the 1913 flood of the Mahoning River. This image shows the Youngstown Sheet & Tube mill, including railroad cars and mill buildings surrounded by flood waters. In late March 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the streams all over Ohio rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. Great fires that raged unchecked added to the destruction and the loss of life. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories. The death toll stood at 361. Property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1621_1867206_002
Subjects: Business and Labor; Climate and Weather; Floods; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Mahoning River (Ohio and Pa.)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This series of photographs are adhered together into a panoramic aerial view of downtown Youngstown. In the section at the bottom left, the Realty Guarantee and Trust Company building, designed by architects Morris Schiebel and Edgar Stanley in 1924, features prominently in the foreground. Other visible buildings include Kline's and the People's Furniture Co. From left to right, a number of large commercial buildings can be seen in the foreground, including Ohio Edison and the Realty Guarantee and Trust Company. To the right half of the image is the Federal Plaza West area, historically known for business and commerce. Notable buildings pictured include the Home Savings and Loan Building, the Pick-Ohio Hotel, the G.M. McKelvey Co., Paramount Theaters, Werner's, Richmans, and Hartzelle's. The Mahoning River Valley fills most of the panorama's background, with various mills and houses located along the Mahoning's bank. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F11_012
Subjects: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning River; Cityscapes; Aerial photography; Downtowns
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a view of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Brier Hill works by-product plant from across the Mahoning River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F40_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel industry; By-product coke plants; Mahoning River (Ohio and Pa.)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 4"" by 6.5"" (10.16 by 16.5 cm) photograph was taken at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company in East Youngstown. The city was later renamed Campbell and the mill became the Campbell Works of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. This image documents the extent and damage from the Mahoning River flood of March 1913. In late March of 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the streams all over Ohio rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. Great fires that raged unchecked added to the destruction and the loss of life. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories. The death toll stood at 361. Property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1639_1867296_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Climate and Weather; Floods; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Mahoning River (Ohio and Pa.)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a factory in the Mahoning Valley region, specifically in Youngstown, Ohio. The railroad tracks are separated from the factory by the river, which is spanned by a bridge in the distance. The factory, which features a number of billowing smokestacks, was most likely part of the steel industry in the Youngstown area. After getting its start in steel in the 1880s, Youngstown was second only to Pittsburgh in terms of total steel production in the United States by the 1920s. Though hampered by labor conflicts and the Great Depression, the industry continued to grow through World War II. With the further growth of the automobile industry in the years following the war and its demand for steel, Youngstown's economy expanded even more. This economic growth slowed in the late 20th century, as the steel industry across the United States began to decline. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F09_001_1
Subjects: Mahoning River; Steel industry and trade--Ohio--Youngstown--History; Factories; Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)