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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 30, 2013
Caption: Iron Rings
Additional Description: ❸ Iron rings embedded in the sandstone wall are relics from the era when steamboats used them to "tie-up" at the Port of Wheeling. The advent of steam navigation on the Ohio River in 1811 marked the beginning of large scale immigration and industrialization in the Ohio Valley. In recognition of this commercial activity, the United States government designated Wheeling as a Port of Delivery on March 1831. At that time, the wharf stretched from 9th street in North Wheeling to 23rd Street in Center Wheeling. Close-up of postcard on marker
Brent Carney
Submitted: January 5, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p263781
File Size: 1.647 Megabytes

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