Description: First surveyed in 1849, Powhatan Point was laid out by Franklin Knox. The "point" is the confluence of Captina Creek and the Ohio River. The small but thriving river and farming community served York Township and the rich Captina Valley as a shipping center for its first 75 years. Given impetus by the construction of the Powhatan Enterprise Flouring Mill and Woolen Factory in 1850, local businesses shipped grain, fruit, lumber, cheese, whiskey, livestock, wool, and tobacco to northern and southern ports. There were three boat landings: Boger's, Hornbrook's and Dorsey's, each equipped with an incline car track from the warehouses to the river's edge. With the opening of North American Coal Corporation's Powhatan No. 1 Mine in 1922, the village became a mining community that continued to rely on the river. A disastrous mine fire took the lives of 66 men on July 5, 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06802
Subjects: Ohio River; Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Powhatan Point (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: First surveyed in 1849, Powhatan Point was laid out by Franklin Knox. The "point" is the confluence of Captina Creek and the Ohio River. The small but thriving river and farming community served York Township and the rich Captina Valley as a shipping center for its first 75 years. Given impetus by the construction of the Powhatan Enterprise Flouring Mill and Woolen Factory in 1850, local businesses shipped grain, fruit, lumber, cheese, whiskey, livestock, wool, and tobacco to northern and southern ports. There were three boat landings: Boger's, Hornbrook's and Dorsey's, each equipped with an incline car track from the warehouses to the river's edge. With the opening of North American Coal Corporation's Powhatan No. 1 Mine in 1922, the village became a mining community that continued to rely on the river. A disastrous mine fire took the lives of 66 men on July 5, 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06803
Subjects: Ohio River; Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Powhatan Point (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Inside a coal mine at Powhatan Point. Powhatan Point is a village in Belmont County, Ohio. At one time the coal mines supported most of the village. This mine was the largest deep mine in Ohio. Of the seven shafts, four were closed between 1980 and 1984, due to requirements for cleaner air. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06844
Subjects: Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Belmont County (Ohio)
Places: Powhatan Point (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inside a coal mine at Powhatan Point. Inside a coal mine at Powhatan Point. Powhatan Point is a village in Belmont County, Ohio. At one time the coal mines supported most of the village. This mine was the largest deep mine in Ohio. Of the seven shafts, four were closed between 1980 and 1984, due to requirements for cleaner air. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06845
Subjects: Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Belmont County (Ohio)
Places: Powhatan Point (Ohio); Belmont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Rotary coal car dump made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Cleveland and Western Coal Company, Powhatan, Ohio, 1925. Jeffrey car haul chain pulled the coal cars up into this steel tipple to the rotary dump. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01470
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Powhatan (Ohio)