Riverfront, Warsaw
Image is from the Collection of the Public
Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
The Ohio River, frozen over at Warsaw
You're looking South. There's the Eagle Hotel
on the left, and the courthouse is behind it.
The building on the right is the old Baptist Church.
This is an old photo, taken from the
Indiana side,
of the farm of Mr. A. G. Craig. Note the flatboat in the
river.
Today, there's a giant steel plant on the left.
I owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. William Davis, Mr. Craig's
grandson,
for the above two images.
An icy Ohio River
Warsaw Riverfront, 1964
left, A Glimpse of Warsaw, Ky., from Indiana
right, An aerial view of Warsaw from Indiana
Image on the right is from the Collection of the
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
These gentlemen stand on frozen ice, c. 1918.
A little more info on this picture is here.
Thought to be looking south at the scene of today's Markland Dam.
Receipt from the Warsaw Wharf Company, 1917
| "The river is down to less than four feet by the channel marks and all of the big sidewheel boats have laid up. The Big Kanawa, Lizzie Bay, Avalon, Courier - are now running - all light draught sternwheelers. The bar at the dike at Florence, Ind. is giving trouble and the Bonanza was hung up there all Friday and until pulled off by the steamer H. M. Stanley on Saturday. The Stanley was stuck on the Gunpowder bar Wednesday." from the Warsaw Independent, October 1, 1904. |
The Mail Steamers in 1880, here.
To see which boats are currently in the Markland Pool, go here.
More info on the old and new Ohio River Locks and Dams is here.
Tom Cawvel has a nice site with current steamboat pictures,
here,
and a page of steamboat links can be found
here.