Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.M. HALLIDAY, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (121 ft. x 59 ft. x 7.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903. Owned by Union Ferry Co. in New Orleans, she operated in the New Orleans area, carrying up to thirty-five cars and 225...
Ferries; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
People gather on and near a flag-draped christening stand that has been built next to a hull at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Automobiles are parked in the background. The hull appears to be LOUISIANA (Way #3597), a catamaran ferry...
Ferries; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men working on a large steel catamaran ferry hull at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The hull appears to be for the LOUISIANA (Way #3597), which was built in 1926.
Ferries; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A. BALDWIN, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (127 ft. x 58.9 ft. x 7.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1905. Owned by Union Ferry Co., A. BALDWIN operated in the New Orleans area carrying up to thirty-five automobiles and 231...
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...
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NEW ORLEANS, a catamaran ferry with steel hull (144 ft. x 55 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1925. Owned by Algiers Public Service Co., Inc., NEW ORLEANS operated on the lower Mississippi River in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. She...
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
THOMAS PICKLES, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (13 ft. x 54 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1892. Owned by Union Ferry Co. in New Orleans, THOMAS PICKLES operated in the New Orleans area. She could carry fifty cars and 250...
