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| Title | ALTON, 1906. |
| Way Number | 207 |
| Creator | Howard, James E., 1875-1956 (photographer) |
| Description | ALTON, a side-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (241.1 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1906. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, ALTON operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Alton, Illinois. She had a unique octagonal shaped pilothouse and was known for fast runs, once traveling from Eads Bridge to Alton (about 33 miles) in one hour and forty-four minutes. In October 1907, ALTON carried fourteen governors from Keokuk to Memphis in the "Roosevelt Parade" which accompanied President Theodore Roosevelt down the Mississippi River. ALTON was lost in ice at Paducah, Kentucky on January 29, 1918. |
| Subject |
Side wheelers Steamboats Boat & ship industry Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company |
| Location Depicted |
Jeffersonville (Ind.) Ohio River |
| Date Original | 1906 |
| Object Type | Glass negatives |
| Source | Glass plate negatives in the Howard Steamboat Museum Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives (ULPA 1986.90). |
| Citation Information | See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/howard#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file). |
| Collection | Howard Steamboat Museum Collection |
| Collection Website | http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/howard/ |
| Digital Publisher | University of Louisville Photographic Archives |
| Format | image/jp2 |
| Ordering Information | To inquire about permission to publish, broadcast, or publicly display an image from this collection, contact the Howard Steamboat Museum: http://www.steamboatmuseum.org/. To order a reproduction or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copying.html/. Please cite the Image Number when ordering. |
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| Title | ALTON, on ways, 1906. |
| Way Number | 207 |
| Creator | Howard, James E., 1875-1956 (photographer) |
| Description | Bow and port side of ALTON on ways with scaffolding around hull before launch at Howard Shipyard. |
| Subject |
Side wheelers Steamboats Boat & ship industry Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company |
| Location Depicted | Jeffersonville (Ind.) |
| Date Original | 1906 |
| Object Type | Glass negatives |
| Source | 8 x 10 in. glass plate negative. Item No. 1986.90.0004 in the Howard Steamboat Museum Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives. |
| Citation Information | See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/howard#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file). |
| Collection | Howard Steamboat Museum Collection |
| Collection Website | http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/howard/ |
| Digital Publisher | University of Louisville Photographic Archives |
| Format | image/jp2 |
| Ordering Information | To inquire about permission to publish, broadcast, or publicly display an image from this collection, contact the Howard Steamboat Museum: http://www.steamboatmuseum.org/. To order a reproduction or for information about prices see: http://louisville.edu/library/archives/copying.html/. Please cite the Image Number when ordering. |
| Image Number | ULPA 1986.90.0004 |
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