Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Damaged American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Printed in the lower right corner is "oil barge after explosion, 7:45 AM -- 5-23-29".
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
People are gathered to watch American Barge Line's first steel barge slide off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Barges; Stern wheelers; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
About ten men ride a barge as she slides off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Stern wheel packet CLYDE (Way #1202) is under construction at the bank of the river. According to the...
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Heavy smoke pours from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana on May 23, 1929. Two unidentified men are in a rowboat nearby. According to the...
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Thick black smoke rises from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken "Thurs....
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge tied to bank at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1925. According to the photographer's notes, this is the "twisted barge of Inland Waterways Co., Louisville, Ky."
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel barge (124 ft. x 30 ft. x 7 ft.) being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1915. The barge was being built for someone in the port of New Orleans. There is an unfinished towboat in...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Worker attaches sheet metal to the hull frame of a barge on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Bahmann's S.A. Barge," probably one of two built for a...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side view of INLAND alongside an unidentified barge at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. INLAND, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (134.7 ft. x 28 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Paducah, Kentucky in 1927. Owned by Inland Waterways...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Towboat DUNCAN BRUCE tied off outside HELEN H, which is under construction at Howard Shipyard. Behind HELEN H. is the small PATTIE T. towboat. DUNCAN BRUCE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (133.6 ft. x 35.1 ft. x 6 ft.) was built in...
Barges; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Pumping stations
Government barge being launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1894. Side wheeler CITY OF LOUISVILLE, under construction, and the Louisville Water Company pumping station are in the background.
Barges; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Government barge being launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1894. Side wheeler CITY OF LOUISVILLE is under construction in the background.
Barges; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia District, barge under construction on grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pilothouse of DUNCAN BRUCE is visible in background.
