Title	Tom Greene steamboat
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Subject	Steamboats Ohio River Roebling Suspension Bridge (Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Ky.)
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	Reverse reads: "Passengers Landing from the Tom Greene Photographed by: E.P. Moody Dist. 4 Ohio R. Cincinnati Ident. - 25-to Michigan - National 1/8/41 Picture Book Location - Ohio River at Cincinnati Credit - E.P. Moody Caption - The Tom Greene, Suspen- sion Bridge in Background This photo must be returned to OHIO WRITERS' PROJECT 8 E. Chestnut St., Columbus, O." The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. When the first pedestrians crossed on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1, 057 feet (322 m) main span. Greene Line Steamers was established in 1890 by Captain Gordon C. Greene and his wife, Captain Mary Greene. Based in Cincinnati, their steamships traveled primarily on the Ohio River, tranporting freight between the east and west. In the 1920's, as railroads took over most freight transport, Greene Line Steamers survived by building larger and more modern steamships, limiting their transport to shorter trade routes, and by pioneering the business of passenger pleasure cruises. The company is perhaps most notable for purchasing the 'Delta Queen' in 1946, the last original and operational sternwheel steamboat that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. After Tom Greene, son of Gordon C. Greene, died unexpectedly in 1950, Greene Line Steamers came under hard financial times and eventually folded in 1958.
Date of Original	ca. 1935-1943
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B12F02_031_001.tif
Image Height	6060
Image Width	4916
File Size	89387992 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-13
Date modified	2018-02-16

Tom Greene steamboat

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