Scene near Petersburg, 1884
This is a dredge building up what's called a wing dam.
It doesn't dam the river, it merely channels the current.
River Scene near Petersburg
Aerial View of Lawrenceburg, Indiana
and
Eastern Boone County in the 1937 Flood
Celebrating the Opening of Fernbank Dam
Sept 5, 1911
Rebuilding Fernbank, 1930
This is the type of lock known as a beartrap.
September 4th and 5th, 1911
Opening of the Fernbank Dam
Fernbank Dam was the first of several Cincinnati area dams,
and ran
roughly between Saylor Park and Taylorsport. Lots of pictures
of it are at Don Prout's Cincinnati Views,
here.
More about the earlier series of Ohio River locks and dams is
here.
The Fernbank Indians were the source of the name.
Moody's Wharf Boat, Petersburg
Riverfront Scene, Petersburg
Elephants swimming in the Ohio? Read about it here.
Steam Barge on the Ohio, Petersburg
Steamers Bonanza and Sunshine near Petersburg, circa 1899
Excursion Boat near Aurora, Indiana, 1929
View of Three States from Aurora, Indiana
left,
Steamer Louisville at Aurora, 1911
right, Ohio River Ferry at Lawrenceburg, Indiana,
1907
Hauling Water - if you didn't live near the Ohio River
January 19, 1911
For substantial portions of the Northern Kentucky Views
Petersburg images,
we are indebted to the E. Y. Chapin
Library in Petersburg, and to Ms. Bridget
Stiker, at the Hebron Branch of the Boone
County Library.
