Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BIG KANAWHA, on the Ohio River near Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A stern wheel packet with a wood hull (152 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.5 ft.), BIG KANAWHA was built at Madison, Indiana in 1887. Owned by Captain Marlin Brown,...
Waterfalls; Hydroelectric power; Power plants; Hydroelectric power plants
Kanawha Falls in Glen Ferris, West Virginia. The Glen Ferris Hydro Electric Station sits on the bank on the south side of the falls. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard, to his daughter: "Saw these today, Father, June 11/07."
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
E.R. ANDREWS, a stern-wheel towboat with a composite hull (165 ft. x 32.5 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Campbell's Creek Coal in Cincinnati, she operated on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, towing coal to Cincinnati and...
Kanawha River in downtown Charleston, West Virginia. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge can be seen in the distance. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "I'm a thinkin of you honey all de while, Pop."
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...
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; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Starboard side of CAPE GIRARDEAU, under construction on ways at Howard Shipyard. CAPE GIRARDEAU, a stern-wheel packet with steel hull (210 ft. x 38 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built in 1923. Owned by Eagle Packet Company in St. Louis, CAPE GIRARDEAU...
