Ferries; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF BATON ROUGE, a centerwheel ferry with steel hull (115.2 ft. x 28 ft. x 7.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1916. Owned by Baton Rouge Transportation Co., CITY OF BATON ROUGE operated at the the Louisiana city, carrying up to twenty-one...
Portrait of Reverend Royal Tucker of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wearing his pastoral garb. The photograph is damaged along the edges and badly discolored from age. Stamped on bottom, front of image: Standiford, Louisville (Studio). Stamped on back:...
Ferries; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ISTROUMA, a center wheel ferry with wood hull (150 ft. x 30 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1896. Owned by Baton Rouge Ferry Co., ISTROUMA operated in the Baton Rouge area. ISTROUMA sank in a storm at Baton Rouge, Louisiana in October, 1915.
Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., GOLDEN EAGLE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5.2 ft.), operated on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Originally built in 1904 by Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville,...
Ferries; Steamboats; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
LOUISIANA, a catamaran ferry with steel hull (144.5 ft. x 55 ft. x 9.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1926. Owned by Baton Rouge Transportation Co., LOUISIANA operated in the Baton Rouge area. LOUISIANA was rebuilt and converted to a twin propeller...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and dock Company
Bow and port side view of SPRAGUE tied off at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. SPRAGUE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (276 ft. x 61 ft. x 7.4 ft.) was built at Dubuque Boat & Boiler in Dubuque, Iowa in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and dock Company
Port side view of SPRAGUE tied off at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Sidewheeler INDIANA is upbound for Cincinnati in background. SPRAGUE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (276 ft. x 61 ft. x 7.4 ft.) was...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and dock Company
Bow and port side view of SPRAGUE tied off at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. SPRAGUE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (276 ft. x 61 ft. x 7.4 ft.) was built at Dubuque Boat & Boiler in Dubuque, Iowa in...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. GARIG, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., WM. GARIG operated on the lower Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers. In 1918, she was sold to...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PARGOUD, loaded with bales of cotton, at the bank of a river, probably near Baton Rouge. PARGOUD, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (242 ft. x 43 ft. x 7.6 ft.), was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana....
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
JULIEN POYDRAS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (145 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Baton Rouge & Bayou Sara Packet Co., JULIEN POYDRAS operated on the lower Mississippi River. JULIEN POYDRAS was bought by...
