Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Chillicothe Street, 1940's / Steel Industry, 1870-1980 / Clarence Holbrook Carter / Carl Ackerman
Floodwall Murals, 2000 Feet of History/2000 Feet of Art
Photographed By Craig Doda, January 7, 2021
1. Chillicothe Street, 1940's / Steel Industry, 1870-1980 / Clarence Holbrook Carter / Carl Ackerman
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Chillicothe Street, 1940's, also, Steel Industry, 1870-1980, also, Clarence Holbrook Carter, also, Carl Ackerman. Floodwall Murals, 2000 Feet of History/2000 Feet of Art.
Chillicothe Street, 1940's. This mural reveals a view of Chillicothe Street looking northward from the U.S. Grant Bridge during the 1940's. The mural is a copy of a postcard of that time and shows many of the landmark hotels and businesses, some of which are still in existence. The ted perspective provides the illusion that you can walk back in time and into the scene Looking northward from the U. S. Grant Bridge you could purchase your ticket for the railroad, complete all your banking needs, and shop in many of the local businesses. Mural postcards, mugs. prints and additional souvenirs can be purchased at the Scioto County Welcome Center and the Southern Ohio Museum gift shops.
Steel Industry, 1870-1980. Portsmouth's first steel mill was Burgess Steel and Iron Works. The plant was originally built as the Scioto Rolling Mill in 1855, at Third and Madison Streets. In 1871. Burgess Steel and Iron Works, which had purchased the rolling mill, introduced a new process-the art of changing iron into steel. The plant was destroyed by fire in 1898 and rebuilt in New Boston. Steel-making grew under a succession of owners. With a major renovation of Detroit Steel Corporation in the 1950's the mill became an important unit of the U. S. steel industry. All iron and steel operations were idied by 1980. The mural shows the blast furnace (left panel), an open-hearth furnace (center), and the final rolling process in the hot strip mill (right panel).
Clarence Holbrook Carter. Clarence Carter was an internationally acclaimed artist and native son of Portsmouth. He began his painting in Portsmouth, showing life as it was in this area. During the WPA era he painted murals for the Portsmouth Post Office which still can be seen today.
In the mid-1960's his visual vocabulary underwent a major shift exploring the relationship between life and death; matter and spirit. This is signified by the floating egg. Also floating in this mural is an image of the Southern Ohio Museum which exhibits an extensive collection of Clarence Carter paintings. An ongoing exhibition of Carter's work can be seen at the Southern Ohio Museum. The museum is located at 825 Gallia Street, www.somacc.com
Carl Ackerman. Standing in the garden near the entrance to the Biggs House is Carl Ackerman, noted local historian. Carl loved his town and its citizens and spent much of his life accumulating historic memorabilia and photographs that told the story of Portsmouth. He began his hobby in 1950 when he came home with several old Portsmouth postcards and an out-of-town newspaper. Carl announced to his wife Dorothy that he had just discovered a new hobby - collecting Portsmouth's history in photographs.
Chillicothe Street, 1940's
This mural reveals a view of Chillicothe Street looking northward from the U.S. Grant
Bridge during the 1940's. The mural is a copy of a postcard of that time and shows
many of the landmark hotels and businesses, some of which are still in existence. The
ted perspective provides the illusion that you can walk back in time and into the
scene Looking northward from the U. S. Grant Bridge you could purchase your ticket
for the railroad, complete all your banking needs, and shop in many of the local
businesses. Mural postcards, mugs. prints and additional souvenirs can be purchased
at the Scioto County Welcome Center and the Southern Ohio Museum gift shops.
Steel Industry, 1870-1980
Portsmouth's first steel mill was Burgess Steel and Iron Works. The plant was originally
built as the Scioto Rolling Mill in 1855, at Third and Madison Streets. In 1871. Burgess
Steel and Iron Works, which had purchased the rolling mill, introduced a new
process-the art of changing iron into steel. The plant was destroyed by fire in 1898
and rebuilt in New Boston. Steel-making grew under a succession of owners. With a
major renovation of Detroit Steel Corporation in the 1950's the mill became an
important unit of the U. S. steel industry.
All iron and steel operations
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were idied
by 1980. The mural shows the blast
furnace (left panel), an open-hearth
furnace (center), and the final rolling
process in the hot strip mill (right panel).
Clarence Holbrook Carter
Clarence Carter was an internationally acclaimed artist and native son of Portsmouth.
He began his painting in Portsmouth, showing life as it was in this area. During the WPA
era he painted murals for the Portsmouth Post Office which still can be seen today.
In the mid-1960's his visual vocabulary underwent a major shift exploring the
relationship between life and death; matter and spirit. This is signified by the floating
egg. Also floating in this mural is an image of the Southern Ohio Museum which exhibits
an extensive collection of Clarence Carter paintings. An ongoing exhibition of Carter's
work can be seen at the Southern Ohio Museum. The museum is located at 825 Gallia
Street, www.somacc.com
Carl Ackerman
Standing in the garden near the entrance to the Biggs House
is Carl Ackerman, noted local historian. Carl loved his town
and its citizens and spent much of his life accumulating
historic memorabilia and photographs that told the story of
Portsmouth. He began his hobby in 1950 when he came
home with several old Portsmouth postcards and an
out-of-town newspaper. Carl announced to his wife Dorothy
that
Photographed By Craig Doda, January 7, 2021
2. Chillicothe Street, 1940's / Steel Industry, 1870-1980 / Clarence Holbrook Carter / Carl Ackerman
he had just discovered a new hobby - collecting
Portsmouth's history in photographs. (Marker Number 10.)
Location. 38° 43.851′ N, 83° 0.304′ W. Marker is in Portsmouth, Ohio, in Scioto County. Marker is at the intersection of Front Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 407 Front St, Portsmouth OH 45662, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 4, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 4, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
