Description: The U.S. dredge boat "Malta" seen in the Lowell, Ohio, Canal. The date on the photograph reads "October 15, 89". According to a report of the Chief of Engineers, it was commissioned on July 1 though December 22, 1917. During that time is evacuated mun, sand and gravel, 2 timbers and 12 logs, gravel and 1 snag and a wreck, barge. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07977
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Coastal engineering
Places: Lowell (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: The U.S. dredge boat "Malta" is seen dredging in the Lowell, Ohio, Canal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07976
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio Economy--Science and Technology; Coastal engineering
Places: Lowell (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 21, 1893, this photograph shows a cantilever bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07979
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio River; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Winter
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a reproduction of an original, probably taken ca. 1881-1885, which shows boats on the Columbus Feeder Canal right before its terminus at the Scioto River near West Main Street, formerly Friend Street. The Columbus Feeder linked Columbus with the Ohio Erie Canal at Lockbourne.The two businesses pictured in the background are C. Harris & Co. Dealers in Coal and the Jackson-Guldan Violin Company. The Ohio History Connection's copy of this photograph is from the collection of Pearl S. Nye who was a boat captain on the Ohio and Erie Canal. According to a note on the photograph's reverse, the boat in the foreground, the Wave, was run by Adam Harman. The boat behind the Wave is the Friedley, which was owned by Captain John Hayes. Nye wrote "Wave" on the negative, faintly visible on the right side. The Ohio and Erie Canal was one of Ohio's most important canals during the mid nineteenth century. During the late 1810s, Governor Thomas Worthington and Governor Ethan Allen Brown both supported internal improvements, especially canals. Both men believed that Ohioans needed quick and easy access to the Ohio River and to Lake Erie if they were to profit financially. In 1820, Brown convinced the Ohio legislature to establish the Ohio Canal Commission. Construction began in 1825, and the canal was completed in 1833. Once completed, thirty-three of Ohio's eighty-eight counties either had portions of canals running through them or quarries to mine rock for construction. Most canals remained in operation in Ohio until the late 1800s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07033
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Canals; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Hartman Building, located at the intersection of Main and 4th Streets in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1910-1920. Completed in 1902, the Hartman Building was developed by Columbus physician Samuel B. Hartman (1830-1918), who used it as a combination hotel/medical complex for his patients. Since it was leased to the state in 1921, the building has held the Bureau of Motor Vehicles as well as a succession of banks, and is now home to residential lofts. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05241
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Hotels--Ohio--Columbus--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of downtown Columbus, Ohio, during the mid-1950s. The Broad Street and Town Street bridges over the Scioto River are in the foreground. The tallest structure is the LeVeque Tower (formerly the American Insurance Union Citadel) which was dedicated on September 21, 1927. The 47-story tall skyscraper located at 50 West Broad Street was designed by architect C. Howard Crane in the Art Deco style. Due to the Great Depression, the American Insurance Union went bankrupt and sold the building. The tower was purchased by John Lincoln and Leslie L. LeVeque in 1945. The light-colored building situated on the Scioto's east bank between the two bridges is the Ohio Judicial Center (Ohio State Office Building). Its construction began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Modernistic style. In 2011 the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest-serving chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. Visible one block east of the Judicial Center is the Ohio Statehouse with its distinctive cupola dome. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05691
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Aerial views; Architecture--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1916, this photograph shows two women sitting in a car, with another woman standing next to the door. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08522
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Automobiles--Ohio--History; Daily life; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women
 

Description: First Fulton boat built in America, from "The American Pioneer," ca. 1800-1809. Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and was an accomplished artist. He moved on to designing ships for navies, including the British, French, and Americans, who found his submarine design very useful. He eventually settled on steamboats and designed the Clermont, the first commercially-viable steamboat (others had dreamed of it before, but his was the only design to be economical enough). He also constructed the first steamboat to travel on the Ohio River, known as the New Orleans. His work revolutionized water traffic, helping to move Ohioans from a subsistence to a commercial economy. "The American Pioneer" was described as "a monthly periodical devoted to the objects of the Logan Historical Society, or to collecting and publishing sketches relative to the early settlement and successive improvement of the country." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04040
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Rivers--Ohio
 

Description: Illustration by Henry Howe showing Market Street in Steubenville, Ohio, during the 19th century. The caption reads, "On the right is seen the County buildings, on the left the Market, and in the distance, near the foot of the hill, some Factories." Bezaleel Wells founded Steubenville on the ruins of Fort Steuben in 1797, within the area known as the Seven Ranges in southeastern Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04041
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of Market Street in Steubenville, Ohio, from "Historical Collections of Ohio," by Henry Howe, 1847. Bezaleel Wells founded Steubenville on the ruins of Fort Steuben in 1797, within the area known as the Seven Ranges in southeastern Ohio. Steubenville is the county seat of Jefferson County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04042
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harbor of Toledo illustration from "Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1847. Toledo, the county seat of Lucas County, is located in the northwestern part of Ohio. It is part of an area known as the Great Black Swamp, and became an important commercial seaport along Lake Erie thanks to the development of several major canals. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04047
Subjects: Toledo (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Canals--Ohio--History--19th century
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hocking Valley railroad depot in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The Hocking Valley Railway was an Ohio railroad with a main line connecting Toledo and Athens via Columbus. The company was a continuation of the Mineral Railroad (1864), with the name Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad adopted in June 1867. The main line opened for business in 1869. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07783
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Railroad stations Ohio; Railroads--Ohio; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio)
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)