A steamboat inscribed (although several letters are blocked) "City of Chattanooga," with two large tiers and a small third tier, is parked at Paducah Drydock on the Mississippi River. The dry dock is a platform in the river shallows at...
A steamboat with two large tiers and a small third tier that is inscribed with "Stellawilds" is parked at Paducah Drydock on the Mississippi River. The dry dock is a platform in the river shallows at river height, and has segments of...
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two men watch a guide dock being launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The guide dock was built for E.T. Slider Coal Company in 1927.
People on boat dock, Lake Herrington, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Row boats edge the shore and dock and a line of people stands behind them--two men on the shore and sixteen people on the dock. A dirt road leads uphill from the shore beside some...
People on boat dock, Lake Herrington, Jefferson County, Kentucky. An indistinct and somewhat dark photograph of a man on Lake Herrington's shore and a row of people standing on the boat dock as well as a few men sitting in boats at the dock. A...
Office buildings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Howard Shipyard & Dock Company office building on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana as seen from the porch of James E. Howard's home across the street.
Floods--Ohio River; Office buildings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Howard Shipyard & Dock Company office building on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana as seen from the porch of James E. Howard's home across the street. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken...
Floods--Ohio River; Office buildings; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Flatboats
Clyde and Edmonds J. Howard standing on the steps of the Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company office building in Port Fulton, Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. Another man sits in a flatboat at the bottom of the steps. According to the...
Barges; Ferries; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge for a Memphis float or landing dock being launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. JIM T. DUFFY towboat (Way T1375) is standing by to catch the barge. Packet BOB DUDLEY (Way #658) and ferry...
Dock at Chautauqua Institution, with large boat and people embarking or disembarking. The dock is connected to a large building with a porch and a clock tower. People are visible on the shore and near the building on the "shore side."...
About two dozen men pose with a dry docked boat, which has a small cabin. The boat is high above the dock, and ladders run up to the boat. One man sits on the boat with his leg hanging over the edge. The dock is covered in small pieces of wood and...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
Dry dock at Dam 41, Portland Canal and Locks, Louisville, Kentucky. To the left are telephone lines and in the water at the right is a barge with a crane. Beyond, the canal curves to the right. Caption on back of image: "Transfer back mix and...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Packet ALBERTA No.3 unloading bales of cotton. ALBERTA No.3, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (145 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.6 ft.), was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by A. B. Smith, ALBERTA No.3 on...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
STANDARD, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (130.2 ft. x 30.8 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1914. Owned by Standard Oil Company, STANDARD operated on the Mississippi River between Alton, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee. This was...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GOUVERNEUR, an electric stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (121.9 ft. x 23 ft. x 5 ft.), was built in 1926 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. McCLELLAND, a sternwheel towboat with wood hull (150 ft. x 28 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was built in 1901 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Wiggins Ferry Company in St. Louis, WM. McCLELLAND operated in the St....
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROSE HITE, a sternwheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built in 1895 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., ROSE HITE operated on the Ohio River...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CINCINNATI, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (300 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1899. Owned by Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., CITY OF CINCINNATI operated on the Ohio River opposite the City of Louisville. Every...
Dredges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
INDIANA, a dredge that also served as living quarters, was built in 1908 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana for U.S. Engineers in Cincinnati, Ohio.
