This thesis is a methodological analysis of fire locations in Canadian provinces
from 2001 to 2010. The research presented in this thesis highlights the dominant fire
types for each province. Accurately locating active fires and burned area is...
Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--United States; Mercury wastes--Environmental aspects--United States
This dissertation tests whether or not mercury emissions from electric power plants are not a significant contributor to mercury measurements in rainfall and argues that the current United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Sleep apnea syndromes; Overweight persons--Health and hygiene; Obesity
Overweight and obesity is a major contributing factor in an estimated 70% of all obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) cases. Approximately five percent of the adult population has OSA, and the numbers continue to soar with the rising prevalence of...
Several people pose behind a table with a white tablecloth. The people wear paper or cloth hats with shiny bands. One man holds a menorah, another has an accordion, another a bottle of wine, and one woman holds a noise-maker. Another bottle of...
Soon after the atomic theory was established, it was found that the plant uses as sources of food not only the air and water, but also different constituents of the soil, dissolved in the soil moisture—the mineral nutrients. Ashes of different...
The chemical analysis of atmospheric dust is of interest to two major groups, namely—the workers in industrial hygiene and the workers in the air cleaning and ventilating industries. The industrial hygienists, who are concerned with the...
Portraits; Women; Partisan politics; Political conventions; Teapots
Sallie Aley (Mrs. Alvin T.) Hert of Louisville, Kentucky pouring tea, wearing a hat and floral print dress. The photograph has a few spots of discoloration. Attached to back of image: Ladies Of The G.O.P. Hour Tea; While the Wet-Dry issue burned...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CHARLEY CURLIN being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. Packet R. DUNBAR is under construction on left. CHARLEY CURLIN, a stern-wheel pleasure boat with wood hull (88 ft. x 18 ft. x 3 ft.), was built in 1895. Owned by Seth Curlin, the...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Bow and port side of packet ALEX PERRY, under construction before her stacks were installed, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. ALEX PERRY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (149.9 ft. x 28.5 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built in 1891. Owned by...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNRISE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (180 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Red River Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Vicksburg. SUNRISE burned at New Orleans, Louisiana on...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Bow and port side of CITY OF SAVANNAH (Way #1135), almost complete, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. CITY OF SAVANNAH, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (186 ft. x 31 ft. x 5 ft.), was built in 1889. Owned by St. Louis &...
Port side bow view of KATE ADAMS. KATE ADAMS (Way #3216), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (250 ft. x 36 ft. x 8.5 ft.), was built in 1888 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Memphis & Arkansas City...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF MUSKOGEE backing out from Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana on a trial run up the Ohio River. CITY OF MUSKOGEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (127.6 ft. x 28.5 ft. x 4.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1908. Owned by Merchants...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Fires; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ISLAND MAID, a stern-wheel excursion boat with wood hull (190 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was originally built by Howard as G.W. HILL in 1909. In 1923, she was sold to Coney Island Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio and renamed ISLAND MAID. After a fire in spring...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
G.W. THOMAS, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (173.5 ft. x 28 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Peoples Coal Co. in Pittsburgh, she operated on the upper Ohio River. G.W. THOMAS was sold and renamed ALICIA in 1913 and then...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.E. TRUDEAU, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (160 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1889. Owned by New Orleans & Washington Packet Co., J.E. TRUDEAU operated in the New Orleans and Atchafalaya area. She burned at Belle River,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
KENTUCKY (Way #3267), a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (176 ft. x 33 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., KENTUCKY (Way #3267) operated on the Tennessee River. In winter of 1922-23,...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SUNSHINE, a side-wheel excursion and ferry boat with wood hull (175 ft. x 37 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1888. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., SUNSHINE operated on the Ohio River in the Louisville area until 1907 when...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.M. WHITE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (312.7 ft. x 47.9 ft. x 11.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1878. Owned by Greenville & New Orleans Packet Co., J.M. WHITE operated on the lower Mississippi River. The 276th boat built at Howard,...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778), a side-wheel packet with wood hull (315 ft. x 48.5 ft. x 10.5 ft. (305,48,10?)), was built at Howard in 1876. Owned by Capt. John W. Cannon, ROB'T. E. LEE (Way #4778) operated on the Mississippi River between New Orleans...
