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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