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Public Landing with Bridge

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Description: Elevated view over the Ohio River of a boat landing with a bridge in the background.
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Coal Tipple

Date: 05 05 1894
Description: View from a boat on the Monangahela River of a coal tipple.
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Deserted Coal Tipple

Date: 05 05 1894
Description: View from the Monangahela River of a deserted, decrepit coal tipple.
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Traveling Junk Boat

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View of a traveling junk boat near the shoreline on the Youghiogheny River. There is a bridge in the background.
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Dam at Lock No. 2

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Monongahela River view of a dam at Lock #2.
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Cultivated Hillside

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of cultivated hillsides and houses near the shoreline.
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Man in a Boat Hauling Nitroglycerin

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: A man transports nitroglycerin in a boat which has a red danger flag at the bow (unseen against the dark background).
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Ohio River View

Date: 05 09 1894
Description: View upstream of the Ohio River from a lunching spot on a West Virginia bank.
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Friends on the Ohio River Shore

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of four friends (three men and one woman) standing on the shore, seeing the travelers off. There is a bridge in the background.
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Fishermen on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: Two fishermen in a boat on the Ohio River.
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Houseboats on the Shore

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View from river of three men in a sailboat near the shoreline. Behind them are houseboats up on blocks on the shore of the Ohio River, with other buildings...
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Wharf on the Ohio River

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View of a wharf from the river, with a bit of an oar visible in the foreground. There is a ferry with the name Liberty on the shoreline. A row of bu...
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Cresaps Bottom

Date: 05 11 1894
Description: View of Cresap's Bottom, looking toward the Ohio shore.
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Boys on Ohio River Shore

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Four boys stand on the shoreline of the Ohio River, seeing Reuben and Jessie Thwaites off. Buildings and a church steeple can be seen in the background.
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Woman in a Rowboat

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: A woman rowing in a boat on the Ohio River. There is another boat on the shoreline behind her.
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Davis's Run

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View of the mouth of Davis's Run, including an arched stone passage.
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West Virginia Shoreline

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of the West Virginia shoreline.
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Steamboat Clifton and Coal Barges

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Steamboat Clifton pushing barges in the Ohio River.
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Merchant Boat on Ohio River

Date: 05 13 1894
Description: View from shoreline of merchant boat, with the words Glass City on the side, floating down the Ohio River.
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Man in a Boat

Date: 05 14 1894
Description: A man seated on a low boat floats down the Ohio River.

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