History · Bridgeport

Bridgeport’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Bridgeport. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

4old images & papers

2recent photos

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The story

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Bridgeport was originally known as Canton, and under the latter name was laid out in 1806 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane. The present name is for a bridge constructed near the town site in the 1810s.

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Timeline

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1890E.W. Reid's Nurseries materialsCommons

1900s2 items · Militia on guard, "Etna [i.e., Aetna]…LOC

1910–1989Nothing in the archives yet

1995Historic National Road - Old Bridge at Bridgepo…Commons

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2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewE.W. Reid's Nurseries materials, 1890: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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By decade

Bridgeport, decade by decade

1890s1 item

CommonsE.W. Reid's Nurseries materials1890

1900s2 items

Militia on guard, "Etna [i.e., Aetna] Standard Sheet Mill," Bridgeport, Ohio

LOCMilitia on guard, "Etna [i.e., Aetna] Standard Sheet Mill,"…1909

Arrival of militia, "Etna [i.e., Aetna] Standard Sheet Plant," Bridgeport, Ohio

LOCArrival of militia, "Etna [i.e., Aetna] Standard Sheet Plan…1909

1910s–
1980s

Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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1990s1 item

Historic National Road - Old Bridge at Bridgeport on Historic National Road

CommonsHistoric National Road - Old Bridge at Bridgeport on Histor…1995

Today2 photos

CommonsJoseph kirkwood house2009

CommonsWheeling Creek Ohio2006

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as E.W. Reid's Nurseries materials (1890) and it appears here side by side.

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From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

Bridgeport’s history ismostly unwritten