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The Ohio River was Sixteen Inches Deep

The Ohio River was Sixteen Inches Deep
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The Ohio River was Sixteen Inches Deep

Engineer Bryan has planted a limestone at the foot of the stone walk from the Biggs House to the river, the surface of which shows the lowest point reached by the Ohio river within the recollection of our oldest river men. The surface of the stone is marked “September 15, 1881—16 inches,” and shows the lowest depth of water between Portsmouth and Cincinnati at that date.”1

  1. (1881, September 17). Portsmouth Times, p. 3.
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