Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works

c. 1863

— 401 Third Street —

Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2012

1. Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works NRHP Marker

Inscription.

has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 38° 43.96′ N, 83° 0.287′ W. Marker is in Portsmouth, Ohio, in Scioto County. It is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 3rd Street, Portsmouth OH 45662, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dole-Darrell House (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chillicothe Street, 1940's / Steel Industry, 1870-1980 / Clarence Holbrook Carter / Carl Ackerman (about 700 feet away); Roy Rogers — 1937 Flood — Branch Rickey — Kentucky Friends (about 700 feet away); Progress in Education / Shawnee State Expansion / Vern Riffe (about 700 feet away); Portsmouth Railroads, 1950's / Modern Industry / Medical History / Twentieth Century Wars (about 700 feet away); Millbrook Park / The Shoe Industry, 1869-1977 / Early 1900's Streetcar / Government Square, 1919 (about 800 feet away); Julia Marlowe / Portsmouth Shoe-Steels / The Portsmouth Spartans / The Greyhound Bus Station, 1941

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(about 800 feet away); A Struggle To Be Free (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.

Other markers no longer nearby. Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage (was about 700 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2012

2. Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works and Marker

South Facade

Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 3, 2012

3. Portsmouth Foundry & Machine Works

West facade

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 711 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 7, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.