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Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Co...

Significance: There are two locks, the main lock longer than the auxiliary one. These are the essential feature of the system to allow navigation on the Ohio River. Survey number: HAER WV-58-C

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Co...

Significance: There are two locks, the main lock longer than the auxiliary one. These are the essential feature of the system to allow navigation on the Ohio River. Survey number: HAER WV-58-C

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Locks, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Co...

Significance: There are two locks, the main lock longer than the auxiliary one. These are the essential feature of the system to allow navigation on the Ohio River. Survey number: HAER WV-58-C

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Ohio Slack Water Dams, Lock & Dam No. 4, East bank of Ohio River at mile point 18.6, along State Route 65, Ambridge, Beaver County, PA

Ohio Slack Water Dams, Lock & Dam No. 4, East bank of Ohio River at mi...

Significance: Ohio Slack Water Dams, Lock and Dam No. 4, HAER No. PA-227-A was part of the fifty-two slackwater locks and dams constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Ohio River, between 1877-191... More

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, West of Beaver River, Beaver, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio Rive...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its relatively long and heavy cantilever truss, planned shortly before the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse of 1907. Rather than select a different design, the railr... More

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, West of Beaver River, Beaver, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio Rive...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its relatively long and heavy cantilever truss, planned shortly before the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse of 1907. Rather than select a different design, the railr... More

Davis Island Dam & Lock No. 1, Ohio River, mile 4.7 on right bank, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Davis Island Dam & Lock No. 1, Ohio River, mile 4.7 on right bank, Pit...

Includes index to related materials in National Archives RG 77. Significance: As the first lock and dam on the Ohio River, the Davis Island Lock and Dam was an experimental project testing the skills of the 19t... More

Up the Ohio from Fort Thomas, Cincinnati, Ohio

Up the Ohio from Fort Thomas, Cincinnati, Ohio

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell County, KY

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell C...

Significance: The Central Bridge, built in 1890-91, is the earliest extant highway cantilever truss bridge in Kentucky. It was built by the King Iron and Bridge Manufacturing Company, and is one of the longest... More

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell County, KY

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell C...

Significance: The Central Bridge, built in 1890-91, is the earliest extant highway cantilever truss bridge in Kentucky. It was built by the King Iron and Bridge Manufacturing Company, and is one of the longest... More

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell County, KY

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell C...

Significance: The Central Bridge, built in 1890-91, is the earliest extant highway cantilever truss bridge in Kentucky. It was built by the King Iron and Bridge Manufacturing Company, and is one of the longest... More

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell County, KY

U.S. Route 27 Central Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Newport, Campbell C...

Significance: The Central Bridge, built in 1890-91, is the earliest extant highway cantilever truss bridge in Kentucky. It was built by the King Iron and Bridge Manufacturing Company, and is one of the longest... More

Coraopolis Bridge, Spanning Ohio River back channel at Ferree Street & Grand Avenue, Coraopolis, Allegheny County, PA

Coraopolis Bridge, Spanning Ohio River back channel at Ferree Street &...

See also HAER PA-490 for related documentation. Includes drawings, photographs & written data. Significance: The Coraopolis Bridge comprises two Pennsylvania through truss spans designed by Theodore Cooper and ... More

Coraopolis Bridge, Spanning Ohio River back channel at Ferree Street & Grand Avenue, Coraopolis, Allegheny County, PA

Coraopolis Bridge, Spanning Ohio River back channel at Ferree Street &...

See also HAER PA-490 for related documentation. Includes drawings, photographs & written data. Significance: The Coraopolis Bridge comprises two Pennsylvania through truss spans designed by Theodore Cooper and ... More

Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, P...

Significance: The Cincinnati is a "dipper dredge," particularly suited to the shallow, rocky conditions of American inland waterways. The dredge operated for 78 years on the Ohio River and its tributaries. Th... More

Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, P...

Significance: The Cincinnati is a "dipper dredge," particularly suited to the shallow, rocky conditions of American inland waterways. The dredge operated for 78 years on the Ohio River and its tributaries. Th... More

Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Dredge CINCINNATI, Docked on Ohio River at foot of Lighthill Street, P...

Significance: The Cincinnati is a "dipper dredge," particularly suited to the shallow, rocky conditions of American inland waterways. The dredge operated for 78 years on the Ohio River and its tributaries. Th... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest of Pittsburgh, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA

Shippingport Atomic Power Station, On Ohio River, 25 miles Northwest o...

Written data based on U.S. Department of Energy booklet, "Shippingport: The Nation's First Atomic Power Station" (1983). Significance: Operational in December, 1957, Shippingport Atomic Power Station was the fi... More

Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...

Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Olive branch. Peace and union. How shall we obtain them?

The Olive branch. Peace and union. How shall we obtain them?

Picryl description: Public domain historic political document page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Along the levee, Cincinnati, O[hio]

Along the levee, Cincinnati, O[hio]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a river, Ohio River near Owensboro, Kentucky

A black and white photo of a river, Ohio River near Owensboro, Kentuck...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Coal barges going through locks

Coal barges going through locks

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, with Ohio River in background

Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, with Ohio River in background

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Overlooking the Ohio River - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Overlooking the Ohio River - safety film negatives, Library of Congres...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Canoeing on the Ohio River on Saturday. Louisville, Kentucky

Canoeing on the Ohio River on Saturday. Louisville, Kentucky

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a snow covered street. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a snow covered street. Office of War Inform...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Steel girders in a barge being towed by the towboat Ernest T. Weir down the Ohio River to Cincinnati

Steel girders in a barge being towed by the towboat Ernest T. Weir dow...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Looking over the water wheel of a towboat going down the Ohio River

Looking over the water wheel of a towboat going down the Ohio River

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A detail of a stairway on the towboat Ernest T. Weir on the way to Cincinnati down the Ohio River

A detail of a stairway on the towboat Ernest T. Weir on the way to Cin...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shovelling coal to feed the boilers aboard the towboat Charles T. Campbell on the Ohio River

Shovelling coal to feed the boilers aboard the towboat Charles T. Camp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Looking through the "knees" of the towboat Charles T. Campbell on the Ohio River

Looking through the "knees" of the towboat Charles T. Campbell on the ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of men. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from print in lot. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Towboat Katherine Davis - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Towboat Katherine Davis - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge, a cantilever bridge over the Ohio River between St. Marys, West Virginiaand Newport, Ohio

The Hi Carpenter Memorial Bridge, a cantilever bridge over the Ohio Ri...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in 1977, the bridge replaced a 1928 eyebar suspension bridge that was closed immediately following the collapse of the simil... More

Huge coal piles at a processing plant along the Ohio River in Ceredo, West Virginia

Huge coal piles at a processing plant along the Ohio River in Ceredo, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

A long line of rail cars, mostly tank cars carrying propane, along West Virginia Highway 2 on the Ohio River in Tyler County

A long line of rail cars, mostly tank cars carrying propane, along Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Smokestacks and cooling towers at a power plant north of Point Pleasant, along the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia

Smokestacks and cooling towers at a power plant north of Point Pleasan...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Cabin and obelisk monument at Point Pleaasant Battle Monument State Park, called Tu-Endie-Wei Park locally, in Point Pleasant, a city on the Ohio River in West Virginia

Cabin and obelisk monument at Point Pleaasant Battle Monument State Pa...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The monument recalls the Battle of Point Pleasant, the most significant event of "Lord Dunmore's War," fought at the confluence of the... More

Statue of a Virginia frontiersman on a monument at Point Pleaasant Battle Monument State Park, called Tu-Endie-Wei Park locally, in Point Pleasant, a city on the Ohio River in West Virginia

Statue of a Virginia frontiersman on a monument at Point Pleaasant Bat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The monument recalls the Battle of Point Pleasant, the most significant event of "Lord Dunmore's War," fought at the confluence of the... More

The western, or Wheeling Island, arched entryway to the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, also known as the Stone Arch Bridge, which was the largest suspension bridge in the world from 1849 until 1851. Wheeling, West Virginia

The western, or Wheeling Island, arched entryway to the Wheeling Suspe...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr., who also worked on the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, the Wheeling bridge was the first to span the O... More

View of Cincinnati, Ohio, across the 1867 John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River

View of Cincinnati, Ohio, across the 1867 John A. Roebling Suspension ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The bridge is named for its German-born master bridge builder, best known as the designer and engineer of New York City's Brooklyn Bri... More

Aerial view showing the connection between downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, and its northern Kentucky suburbs via bridges over the Ohio River

Aerial view showing the connection between downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. H... More

The Levee, Lousiville, Ky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Levee, Lousiville, Ky - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Videodisc images are out of sequence; actual left to right order is 1A-05852, 05851. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "G 3608" and "G 3607" on negatives. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010997. Gift; State... More

McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State Route 3014), McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA

McKee's Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ohio River at Chartiers Avenue (State R...

Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal through arch bridge constructed by Allegheny County as part of an intensive bridge-building campaign during the late 1920s and early 1930s... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, W...

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West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...

Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason County, WV

Gallipolis Locks & Dam, Dam, Across Ohio River, Gallipolis, Mason Coun...

Significance: The dam consists of eight bays with moveable gates. The roller gates are the most important engineering feature of the site and are the largest in the country. Survey number: HAER WV-58-A

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg...

Significance: Completed in 1871, the Parkersburg Bridge was an important early work of Jacob Linville and incorporated several of his patented innovations. The original channel spans (approximately 348 feet) w... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg...

Significance: Completed in 1871, the Parkersburg Bridge was an important early work of Jacob Linville and incorporated several of his patented innovations. The original channel spans (approximately 348 feet) w... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Parkersburg Bridge, Ohio River, Parkersburg...

Significance: Completed in 1871, the Parkersburg Bridge was an important early work of Jacob Linville and incorporated several of his patented innovations. The original channel spans (approximately 348 feet) w... More

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