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- Steel Engraving, "City of Louisville," circa 1870 - This circa 1870 steel engraving shows the city of Louisville, Kentucky, from a point across the Ohio River. Founded in 1780, Louisville grew rapidly into a major shipping port along the river, and this steel railroad bridge was the first to span the Ohio River in Louisville.
- circa 1872
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Steel Engraving, "City of Louisville," circa 1870
This circa 1870 steel engraving shows the city of Louisville, Kentucky, from a point across the Ohio River. Founded in 1780, Louisville grew rapidly into a major shipping port along the river, and this steel railroad bridge was the first to span the Ohio River in Louisville.
- Wood Engraving, "View of the Public Landing at Louisville, Kentucky," 1850-1855 - By the 1850s, Louisville, Kentucky, was the nation's tenth largest city and the largest Ohio River port between Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Manually operated flatboats and steam-powered riverboats carried freight and passengers up and down the river. Louisville was also the largest slave trading center in the country, with between 2,500 and 4,000 enslaved people passing through each year.
- 1850-1855
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Wood Engraving, "View of the Public Landing at Louisville, Kentucky," 1850-1855
By the 1850s, Louisville, Kentucky, was the nation's tenth largest city and the largest Ohio River port between Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Manually operated flatboats and steam-powered riverboats carried freight and passengers up and down the river. Louisville was also the largest slave trading center in the country, with between 2,500 and 4,000 enslaved people passing through each year.
- Map of the Overland Highways Leading to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "View of the Country Round Pittsburg," 1812 - An 1812 map engraving focuses on "Pittsburg" and its surrounding country. The map highlights about seven overland roads leading to and from "Pittsburg," and the three rivers that converge there: the Monogahela, the Ohio, and the Alleghany.
- 1812
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Map of the Overland Highways Leading to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "View of the Country Round Pittsburg," 1812
An 1812 map engraving focuses on "Pittsburg" and its surrounding country. The map highlights about seven overland roads leading to and from "Pittsburg," and the three rivers that converge there: the Monogahela, the Ohio, and the Alleghany.
- Map, "Falls of Ohio," 1812 - This 1812 map engraving focuses on the falls of the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky. The map features roads in Indiana and Kentucky, and a proposed canal to skirt the falls.
- 1812
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Map, "Falls of Ohio," 1812
This 1812 map engraving focuses on the falls of the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky. The map features roads in Indiana and Kentucky, and a proposed canal to skirt the falls.
- Platter, circa 1830 -
- circa 1830
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Platter, circa 1830
- Steel Engraving, View of Louisville, Kentucky from the Opposite Side of the Ohio River, circa 1840 - This circa 1840 steel engraving shows the city of Louisville, Kentucky, from the opposite shore of the Ohio River. Founded in 1780, Louisville grew rapidly into a major city and shipping port along the Ohio River by the 1840s.
- circa 1840
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Steel Engraving, View of Louisville, Kentucky from the Opposite Side of the Ohio River, circa 1840
This circa 1840 steel engraving shows the city of Louisville, Kentucky, from the opposite shore of the Ohio River. Founded in 1780, Louisville grew rapidly into a major city and shipping port along the Ohio River by the 1840s.
- Steel Engraving, "View on the Ohio near Maysville, KY," circa 1845 - This mid-1840s engraving of Maysville, Kentucky, features a number of steamboats chugging along on the Ohio River. Counting Daniel Boone amongst the city's founders, Maysville was an important port situated on a bend in the river.
- circa 1845
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Steel Engraving, "View on the Ohio near Maysville, KY," circa 1845
This mid-1840s engraving of Maysville, Kentucky, features a number of steamboats chugging along on the Ohio River. Counting Daniel Boone amongst the city's founders, Maysville was an important port situated on a bend in the river.