The Frozen Ohio River, Jan. 19, 1918
Chilo - Bradford Ferry
(I've also seen it identified as the Ripley Ferry)
Succession of boats on Ohio, taken from Chilo, Ohio, 1908
Augusta, and steam barge from Ohio Side, 1906
Lock and Dam #34,
That's Chilo, Ohio, (top) near Bradford, Ky
Mehldahl Lock and Dam
left, Construction, 1964
right, In Operation, 1968
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks & Dam
Captain Anthony Meldahl
A short biography of Meldahl is here.
The official Meldahl Lock and Dam site is here.
More info on the old and new Ohio River Locks and Dams is here.
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"Floating castles of sin that are traveling down the Ohio, stopping at the river towns to steal the morals of deacons and elders, have been solemnly warned to paddle past Augusta or prepare to suffer the laws uncertain penalties." Covington's The Ticket, October 17, 1876 |
