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Panorama of Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, 1901 – Historic Photo Reproduction

Panorama of Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, 1901, 1901 — historic image
Panorama of Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, 1901, 1901. Historic image from the Panoramic Photos collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Panorama of Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, 1901, a historic image rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Library of Congress record: Panoramic photograph of Conneaut Harbor

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Panorama of Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, 1901

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Conneaut Harbor, on the Lake Erie shore in Ashtabula County, Ohio, was a busy ore and coal port in 1901. Iron ore arriving by lake freighter from the Upper Peninsula and Minnesota ranges was unloaded at the docks and carried south by rail to the steel mills and furnaces of the Mahoning and Shenango valleys, while coal moved north in the opposite direction. The harbor's piers, rail yards and grain and lumber trade made it one of the main shipping points on the Ohio lakefront, and the town depended on that traffic for jobs and growth. Conneaut's residents in 1901 knew the place first as a working harbor, where the sound of ore hoists and locomotives marked the rhythm of the season.

Created / published1901
Creatornaef & joslin
NotesPanoramic photograph.
SubjectsPanoramic photographs--Ohio
SourceLibrary of Congress, Panoramic Photographs
Original scan5,400 × 1,252 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi
Library of Congress titlePanoramic photograph of Conneaut Harbor
ReferenceOH 1901 Panorama of Conneaut Harbor

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