Steamboat and Ferry Landings
Ohio River Landings, Villages, Towns and Cities from Maysville to Carrollton, Ky. From the Ohio River published by the US Engineers 1934
By
Captain John L Beatty and Dr. Carl R Bogardus, Warsaw Ky. 1985
Only Campbell County sites are shown here. A copy of this report is at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria Ky.
Leaving Maysville Ky. headed towards Newport
MENTOR, Cliff's Run; ferry to Pt. Pleasant Oh, now discontinued
Flannigan's Landing
CALIFORNIA, Turkey Run
BALL's LANDING, Herringer's Run
NEW RICHMOND STATION, C&O RR
LOCK & DAM No 35, lock on the Campbell county side of the river, one mile below New Richmond, built 1913-1919, at a cost of $1,868,849. Removed when Markland Locks and Dam completed in 1963.
ONETONA
GROH'S LANDING
ROSS, Eight Mile Creek
MELBOURNE, Seven Mile Creek. The remains of the steamer Chris Greene are out on the bank here. It should be of interest to take notice of these "mile creeks" here; Three Mile Creeks are opposite each other in Ohio and Kentucky, below lock and Dam No 36, at Mile 462; and going up the river we find Four Mile Creek in Ohio and Kentucky; Five Mile Creek in Ohio and two Seven Mile Creeks in Ohio and Kentucky; and just above are Eight Mile Creeks in Ohio and Kentucky; Nine Mile Creek in Ohio; then two Ten Mile Creeks in Ohio and Kentucky; and Eleven Mile Creek in Ohio; ten two Twelve Mile Creeks in Ohio and Kentucky and here the "mile named" creeks above Cincinnati end.
SILVER GROVE
PHOENIX GROVE, C&) RR Station
LOCK AND DAM NO 36, with lock on the Kentucky side of the river, built 1920-1925, at a cost of $3,708, 534; removed when Markland Locks and Dam completed in 1963.
FORT THOMAS. The was an important recruiting station used in both World War I and World War II.
DAYTON
BELLEVUE
NEWPORT
MOUTH OF THE LICKING RIVER, Captain John L Beatty once made a trip to Falmouth Ky. on the Margaret Hall, built in 1922 as the Kosmosdale.
SUSPENSION BRIDGE, construction begun in 1857, but no work was done on it during the Civil War. It was completed in 1866, designed by John A Roebling, 36 feet wide, 2252 feet long, cost $1,871,000. It was the pilot model for the Brooklyn Bridge, New York.