Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Sternwheel snagboats R.C. McCALLA (Way T0287) and TOMBIGBEE (Way T2458) on the icy Ohio River while under construction at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MONTGOMERY, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, MONTGOMERY operated on the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama initially and later on the Illinois River. Her...
Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CORDOVA, a packet and towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8.0 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, she operated on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama, as well as the Mississippi River. CORDOVA was...
Boathouse at Howard Shipyard on icy Ohio River at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in February, 1908. Towboats R.C. McCALLA and TOMBIGBEE are tied to the river bank east of the boathouse.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of R.C. McCALLA, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. TOMBIGBEE is tied to the outside of R.C. McCALLA. A stern-wheel snag-boat with wood hull (100 ft. x 28 ft. x 5 ft.), R.C. McCALLA was built by Howard in 1908. Owned...
