River/Canal Stories

1825	Steamboat Velocipede sinks, leaving treasure
1831	The Ohio Canal
	Steamboat Belvedere
1832	Steamboat Polander
	Steamboat Dolphin burns
	U.S. Mail Packet The Portsmouth Burns
	Ohio River Canal Completed After 7 Years of Construction
1834	Steamboat Nimrod sank
1835	Steamboat Lady Franklin hit by The Portsmouth, sinks
1850	Steamer New England Sinks
1858	1858 Flood
1860	The Bostona
1878	Dixon children drown
1882	The Steamboat Scioto Sinks
1884	1884 Flood
	Murder on the Steamer Minnie Bay
1887	Warren Coriell
1893	Seals escape into the Scioto River
1894	William Barrett Family Drowns in Scioto River
1895	Traffic Suspended
1896	Lizzie Jones
1897	Silver Wave Steamer was Burned
	To Improve The Canal
1898	Ohio River Over Banks
1899	Ohio River Rising
	Surveyors Start Work on Ohio Ship Canal
1901	1901 Flooding
	Lowlands Flooded
1903	Ohio River Rising An Inch An Hour
1904	Ferryboat, B. F. Bennett Sinks
1905	Towboat Dobsworth
1906	River Improvement
1916	Amanda Huddleston Jumps from bridge
1931	1931 Flood Takes the Life of Thomas Justice Three Lives Taken By Flood
1936	Charles Smittle First Victim in Lower Valley Region
	CCC Workers sand bag flood wall
	City Proves Man Can Ward Off Disaster
	Steamers Go Aground Blocking Ohio River
1937	1937 Flood Stories
	1937 Flood Photo
	Higher Flood Wall Approved
1940	Mrs. Ruie Ketter drowns at Sciotoville
1945	U.S. Army Helps with Flood Situation
1948	Portsmouth High School Teacher, son, & brother-in-law Drown in Ohio River
1966	Traffic Jam on River