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1911-1920

1911

  • Columbia Theater built

  • Marting's opened new store

1913

  • Flood waters from the Ohio River crested at 58.2 feet

1916

  • Second Street Bridge dedicated

  • Central School (New Boston) sold at auction

  • Facts about Portsmouth:

Population:

30,000

Railroads:

Norfolk & Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio

Schools:

17

Churches:

27

Miles of paved streets:

35

Banks:

5

Building and Loan associations:

7

Daily newspapers:

2

Libraries:

2

Passenger trains arriving/departing daily:

30

Steamboats arriving/departing daily:

10

Hospitals:

1

Fire engine houses:

3

Secret societies:

44

Business colleges:

4

Theatres:

9

Parks:

3

Shoe Factories:

1

Shoe box factories:

1

Shoe lace factories:

1

Heel factories:

1

Paving brick plants:

4

Daily capacity of paving brick plants:

2,000,000

Building brickworks:

9

Fire brick plants:

3

Stove and range factories:

2

Automobile factories:

1

Breweries:

1

Broom factories:

1

Carriage factories:

1

Cereal mills:

1

Cigar factories:

10

Gasoline engine works:

2

Ice machine factories:

1

Veneer works:

2

Planning mills:

7

Flour mills:

4

Machine works:

3

Rim and spoke works:

1

Cooperage works:

1

Mantel factories:

1

Freestone works:

3

Telephone factories:

1

1917

  • Completion of the Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Railroad and the new railway bridge connecting Edgington, Ky and Sciotoville

  • Fire Department began using motor vehicles

  • Portsmouth motto:  "The city that does"

1919

  • Portsmouth All-Stars defeated the Capital City Panhandles 2-1

  • Lewis Furniture established

  • Covert's Furniture opened in New Boston

  • Semi-pro football club Portsmouth Norfolk and the River City Railroaders established (1919)

1920

  • Portsmouth Municipal Court established

  • Schirrmann Hospital opened

  • Semi-pro football club Portsmouth Smoke House established (1920 - 1925)

  • Sciotoville gave up its corporation powers and charter and became a part of Portsmouth

 
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