The trucking industry is the largest freight sector, making up about 70 percent of all domestic shipment in the United States and contributes greatly the American economy. About 10 billion tons of goods are shipped annually and of that, about...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of Horatio Gouverneur Wright (1820-1899), an engineer and major general in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. After the war, he was involved in a number of engineering projects, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the...
Hospital care--Computer simulation; Hospitals--Computer simulation; Medical appointments and schedules
With more and more attention surrounding healthcare, Industrial Engineers have championed the task to help hospitals and outpatient centers operate as efficiently as possible. Simulation is often used to analyze hospital performance measures. The...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Two-page spread, featuring three maps. Published by the United States Department of War in 1895 as Plate 102 of Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Map 1 is "Defenses of Munfordville, Ky....
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Portrait of John Newton (1823-1895), a career engineer officer in the United States Army, a Union brigadier general in the United States Civil War, and Chief of the Corps of Engineers.
Lincoln Institute (Simpsonville, Ky.); Berea College--History; African Americans--Education--Kentucky
This dissertation examines the history of Berea College in Kentucky. Founded before the Civil War, it was a small, private southern college that educated blacks, whites, women and men equally, an early model of cooperation and social harmony. Its...
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...
Buildings; Building construction; Kosair Temple (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 224 E. Broadway. This construction scene shows Kosair Temple being built. Scaffolding and pallets of bricks are in front of the building. A car is parked in front of a neighboring building which has signs reading, "Franklin /...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Reprint of a Civil War-era map of Louisville, Kentucky, highlighting forts. Printed in lower lefthand corner:"Accompanying report of Lieut. Col. J.H. Simpson Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, dated June 24, 1865. SERIES I. VOL. XLIX." Printed...
Battlefields; Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military officers; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Stereograph view of Orville Elias Babcock (1835-1884) sitting on a stump and Orlando M. Poe (1832-1895) standing. The men are facing each other. In the background are rolling hills, apparently ravaged and covered with tree stumps. Inscribed on...
Historic buildings; Apartment houses; Buildings; Building construction
Address: 2140 Bonnycastle Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Built in 1928, this 11-story building near Cherokee Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The photograph shows the structure in the early stages of its...
A train bearing the words "Kosair" and "Monon" and the emblem for Kosair Templars sits on the railroad tracks. The wheels on the engine section have pictures of camels decorating them and there is bunting as well. A couple of...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of F. Sherman Vogt of Louisville, Kentucky, Senior draftsman of the United States Engineers Office, wearing a tuxedo. The photograph has been painted on outlining/cropping his image and a yellow discoloration from age. Handwritten on back...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.D. ALLEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (125 ft. x 23 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. She operated on the Arkansas River initially and, after being sold to U.S. Engineers in 1910, on the upper White River. A.D. ALLEN was...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
COL. A. MACKENZIE, a side-wheel snag-boat (160 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1900. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, she initially operated on the upper Mississippi River. When Captain David Tipton died at her wheel in Lake...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GENERAL H.L. ABBOT, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (170 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the St. Louis district, GENERAL H.L. ABBOT operated on the Mississippi River. She was renamed...
