Tannery Workers
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New Albany became a manufacturing center after the Civil War. Shown here are employees of the H. L. Rockenback Upper Eighth Street Tannery. George Moser is second from right.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection
This file appears in: Loop Island Wetlands
Loop Island Wetlands
Loop Island Wetlands is a walking and nature park southeast of downtown New Albany. Located on the Ohio River west of Silver Creek, the site supported industrialization during the late nineteenth century. In 1878, George Moser, a German immigrant,…