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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 30, 2013
Caption:
Transportation Crossroads | Additional Description: ❶ The Zane family chose this spot as the site of their village, in part, because it was the northernmost navigable point on the Ohio River. In 1816, the steamboat George Washington was built for Captain Henry M. Shreve, marking the beginning of a shipbuilding industry that by 1879 had completed 99 steamboats. This area became a hub of transportation. Steamboat passengers could disembark at the wharf and be within a few steps of the railroad depot and in walking distance to the National Road heading west across the great Suspension Bridge.
Close-up of postcard on markerSubmitted: January 5, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p263778
File Size: 0.903 Megabytes
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