Address: Waterfront, Louisville, Kentucky. Men haul nets as two horses stand waiting. The horses are attached to a cart that says "Standard Oil Co." on the side. A pallet near the water includes a Coca-Cola box. A steamboat on the Ohio...
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ANDREW CHRISTY, a side-wheel ferry with steel hull (170 ft. x 48 ft. x 7.4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Wiggins Ferry Company in St. Louis, the ferry operated in the St. Louis area initially and, after being sold to Falls City Ferry...
Five yoke of oxen haul a butt log to the river. The logs were rafted down river to market in spring. Oak, beech and chestnut were the principal trees timbered. Cattle were worked until the early 1930s.
Five yoke of oxen haul a butt log to the river. The logs were rafted down river to market in spring. Oak, beech and chestnut were the principal trees timbered. Cattle were worked until the early 1930s.
Waterfront wharf on Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, with steamboat Columbia and another steamer in dock. Delivery wagons haul goods to and from the steamboats. The image was taken after 1870, since Louisville's first bridge across the Ohio...
