Description: Notes: Sinclair - Valentine Graunne(?) Green Black #03774-B. top photo: Cincinnati's public landing looking upstream. Notes: New England E. V. White 60# bottom photo: Wharf at Cincinnati (public landing) looking downstream with Roebling Suspension Bridge in the background. Cincinnati's Public Landing, located at the end of Broadway, is a granite slab extending down the bank. During the Riverboat Era Cincinnati was the largest city west of Pittsburgh. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F09_006_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Steamboats; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "The Voage Ends at Cleveland Ore Dock. Cleveland Cliffs Co. S. S. Marquette being warped up to dock to unload cargo of ore in Cuyahoga River dock. Project Photographer: Frank Jaffa, 1940. District #4, Cleveland. File Negative #215. Ore carrier being warped up to Cleveland on dock." The Cleveland Cliffs Company began in November of 1847. The company was started when fifteen men from Cleveland were interested in exploring the vast iron ore deposits on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They created the Cleveland Iron Mining Co., which was founded in Michigan in 1850 and later reorganized in Ohio after 3 years. Samuel Livingston Mather was the leading force for the business in its first 50 years. It was in 1855 that the company sent the first cargo of ore through the Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1855. The company built railroads and docks in that area and, in 1869, started its own fleet of ore carriers, which were shipping 200,000 tons of ore annually by 1880. As surface mining was depleted in the 1880s, the company developed an underground mining system. Samuel L. Mather wanted merge Cleveland Iron with its competitor, the Iron Cliffs Co., but died before the deal was completed in 1891. It was after Mather’s died that his youngest son, WM. G. Mather, became president of the newly formed Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_18_01
Subjects: Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Steamboats; Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company; Cargo Ships; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Cary-Bird, a stern-wheel paddle boat, anchored on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "The Cary-Bird at Anchor on the Ohio River; Ident. - 28-to Michigan - National Picture 1/8/41 Book; Location - Ohio River; Credit - E. P. Moody; Caption - The Cary-Bird. The photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_005_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Launched in 1832, the Charles Carroll was a side-wheel steamboat named after Maryland statesman and Declaration of Independence signatory Charles Carroll. This illustration appears in "Cincinnati; Story of the Queen City" by Clara Longworth Comtesse de Chambrun, published 1939. This illustration is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_041_001
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River--History; Illustrations; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Charles Carroll (Ship: 1832-1853); Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "In an Ohio River Lock Greene Line Steamer" This is a photo of a steamboat in a lock on the Ohio River. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F01_052_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Dated January 8, 1941, this photograph shows the Cary-Bird, a stern-wheel paddle boat, anchored on the Ohio River. A note on the reverse of the photograph reads "A Close-Up of the Cary-Bird; Photography: E.P. Moody- Ohio River- Dist 4.- Cincinnati." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_013_001
Subjects: Steamboats; Ohio River; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Heading reads "Cincinnati Enquirer, Sesqui-Centential Edition, October 12, 1938" Caption reads "From Newport. Steam ferries still plied between Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport in 1849, before any bridges were built connecting the three cities." This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of an engraving in a newspaper of steamboats along the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_019
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River--History; Ferries; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Newspapers; Cincinnati enquirer
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "When Over 100 Lives were Lost" This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) is of an illustration or engraving, most likely from a newspaper, depicting the explosion of the steamboat Moselle, in the Ohio River. On Wednesday April 25, 1838, between 4 and 5 o’clock, the new steamboat Moselle left the wharf in Cincinnati and continued upstream about a mile, for a quick stop in Fulton, to pick up more passengers and freight, even though the boat was already loaded beyond capacity, before continuing to it’s final destination in Louisville and St. Louis. It is estimated that there were approximately 266 passengers on board after the stop in Fulton, a great majority of which were emigrants, of most of them German or Irish. A crowd had gathered to watch the steamboat depart, as it had already gained a celebrity-like reputation of being an extremely fast boat, though she had only made two or three trips thus far. Captain Perrin, anxious to bolster the reputation of the Moselle, collected as much steam as he could, in an attempt to overtake another boat which had just recently departed for the same destination. Onlookers and passengers alike later commented that the steam sounded strange, as the pressure built to unsafe levels. Just as the boat was shoved from the quay, an explosion took place, so great that it was like a “mine of gunpowder” exploding, as all four boilers simultaneously burst. The destruction was horrific, with pieces of boat, freight and bodies thrown into the river and upon the shore. About one hundred and fifty people in were lost that day, whether killed, or ultimately declared missing and one hundred and seventeen people were saved. An investigation later took place, which resulted in stricter regulations regarding freight and passenger capacity, and which declared owners and officers ultimately liable for any and all injuries suffered as a result of safety regulation negligence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F01_024
Subjects: Steamboats--Ohio River--History; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "the Garden Green Playing the Ohio River Cincinnati Ohio." The ship in this photo is the Gordon C. Greene. Greene Line Steamers was established in 1890 by Captain Gordon C. Greene and his wife, Captain Mary Greene. Based in Cincinnati, their steamships traveled primarily on the Ohio River, tranporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920's, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The company is perhaps most notable for purchasing the 'Delta Queen' in 1946, the last original and operational sternwheel steamboat that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. After Tom Greene, son of Gordon C. Greene, died unexpectedly in 1950, Greene Line Steamers came under hard financial times and eventually folded in 1958. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F02_025_001
Subjects: Greene Line Steamers, Inc.; Steamboats--Ohio River; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)