Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two towboat and two ferry hulls on ways at the bank of the icy Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The ferries are JULIUS S. WALSH (Way #3192) AND W.S. McCHESNEY, JR. (Way #5662) and the towboats are probably...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Two towboat and two ferry hulls, covered with snow, on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The ferries are JULIUS S. WALSH (Way #3192) AND W.S. McCHESNEY, JR. (Way #5662) and the towboats are probably JUPITER...
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...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Side wheelers; Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Ferries JULIUS S. WALSH and WM. S. McCHESNEY, under construction at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1912. JULIUS S. WALSH and WM. S. McCHESNEY, Jr., side wheel ferries with steel hulls (169 ft. x 50 ft. x 7ft.) were...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Eleven wooden barge hulls under construction for the government at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the "St. Louis ferry."
Ice; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Most of the Ohio River is covered with ice. Two wooden ship hulls are partially visible on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
One of two sternwheel towboats built for the U.S. Engineers in the Paducah district in 1908 slides off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The other is tied to the bank nearby. The...
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; 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...
