This dissertation is concerned with investigating robust approaches for the control of pneumatic muscle systems. Pneumatic muscle is a novel type of actuator. Besides having a high ratio of power to weight and flexible control of movement, it also...
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are devices to convert wind energy into electricity. Unlike horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) where the main rotor shaft is set horizontally, VAWTs use vertical rotor shaft. Unlike HAWTs, VAWTs can be...
Three men, with legs extended sliding down the middle of a set of railroad tracks at the bottom of a curve. The tracks are elevated above an uneven terrain. 691. Sliding Down Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway. Descriptive information on back...
Man sits on a small contraption in the middle of a set of railroad tracks, descending a mountain. The man wears a cap and has his legs out in front of him. In the background, at the top of the mountain, people stand to the side of a tunnel. Title:...
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...
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...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BOWLING GREEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (122 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Evansville & Bowling Green Packet Co., she operated on the Green River and sank at South Carrollton, Kentucky on March 31, 1920.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SENATOR CORDILL, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1902. Owned by Vicksburg & Natchez Packet Co., SENATOR CORDILL operated on the Mississippi River in the Vicksburg and Natchez areas...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROBERT E. LEE (Way #4779), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (245 ft. x 43 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee, ROBERT E. LEE operated in the Memphis and Ashport area. This boat was named for...
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "U.S. Quarterboat no. 1," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894...
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge sliding off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes this is "quarterboat number 2," presumably one of four quarterboats built in 1894...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
JOHN D. GRACE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (166.4 ft. x 33 ft. x 5.6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1917. Owned by Bradford Transportation Co., JOHN D. GRACE operated in the New Orleans and New Iberia, Louisiana area. JOHN D. GRACE was...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
KENTUCKY (Way T1512), a stern-wheel snag-boat with wood hull (127 ft. x 30 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1909. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, KENTUCKY (Way T1512) operated on the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. KENTUCKY (Way T1512)...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ORA LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (140 ft. x 32 ft. x 4.4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1891 for the Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee and she operated in that area initially. She was later sold to White River and renamed ORLANDO (#4330)....
Two African-American men and an African-American woman stand in front of sliding wooden doors inside a high-ceilinged house. Their dress suggests they may be servants. See ULPA 1982.01.783.p for another image inside this same house. Title supplied...
