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Title	Portsmouth Flood of 1884 Photographs
Subject	Climate and Weather Floods Flood damage Boats
Place	Portsmouth (Ohio) Scioto County (Ohio)
Description	These four photographs document the devastation caused by the Portsmouth flood of 1884. An 11 by 8 inch (27.94 by 20.32 cm) photograph shows rooftops peeking out from under the water and the Scioto County courthouse in the background. In a photo measuring 6 by 4 inches (15.24 by 10.16 cm), people are lined up on the ledges of buildings waiting for row boats to rescue them; a larger boat is in the foreground of the photo. The water has nearly covered the first floor of the buildings in a 5 by 4 inches (12.70 by 10.16) cm image that shows people traversing the city in row boats. The last image, measuring approximately 9 by 6 inches (22.86 by 15.24 cm), features people crossing the Scioto River Bridge as the flood waters nearly reach the floor of the bridge. The flood was caused by heavy rain and snow throughout January 1884. By February 7th, the river was rising at a rate of five inches per hour. In early March, the water level reached 66 feet. The courthouse was the only place not touched by the water. Portsmouth residents crowded into the building along with their livestock and carriages. Later in March the water froze; it melted relatively slowly, allowing the city to begin to recover in April.
Date of Original	1884
Collection	Carl Ackerman Collection of Historical Photographs
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Southern Ohio Museum
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om137_631102_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om137_631102_001.tif
Image Height	2401
Image Width	3300
File Size	1003.799 KB

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