Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Pumping stations; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEN. O.M. POE, with paddlewheel missing, and other boats at the bank of the icy Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Louisville Water Company's pumping station can be seen across the river. According to the...
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...
Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1917 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1917. Five rows of individual oval-shaped photographs of students in nursing uniforms and caps. Text: Louisville City...
A Franklin automobile is shown with four men in it. The top is down for the picture, but the road appears icy and a little bit of snow appears at the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the side of the Louisville Free Public Library at 301...
Kennedy Bridge, with some curved spans but mostly without rails, above icy water, near High Bridge, Kentucky. Behind it is a telephone tower. The Kennedy Bridge, which was built in 1924, crosses Herrington Lake between Mercer and Garrard counties....
Ferries; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, a side-wheel ferry with wood hull (150 ft. x 34 ft. x 6.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1891. Owned by Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Co., she operated in the Louisville area until she was retired around 1914.
Icy Ohio River as seen from the boathouse at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in February, 1908. The Louisville Water Company pumping station can be seen across the river.
Boathouse at Howard Shipyard on icy Ohio River at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in February, 1908. Towboats R.C. McCALLA and TOMBIGBEE are tied to the river bank east of the boathouse.
Looking toward Louisville, Kentucky, at the Big Four Railroad Bridge the day after two large spans collapsed during construction. Fifty men were dropped into the icy Ohio River on December 15, 1893, forty of them died.
Looking toward Louisville, Kentucky, at the Big Four Railroad Bridge the day after two large spans collapsed during construction. Fifty men were dropped into the icy Ohio River on December 15, 1893, forty of them died.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Ice; Pumping stations; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Snagboats JOS. E. RANSDELL and BEN HUMPHREYS, under construction at the bank of the icy Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Louisville Water Company's pumping station is visible in the background.
Damaged barge, J. Walton & Co. 396, floats in the icy Ohio River near the Indiana shore across from the Louisville Water Company pumping station in Louisville, Kentucky.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Sternwheel snagboats R.C. McCALLA (Way T0287) and TOMBIGBEE (Way T2458) on the icy Ohio River while under construction at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
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...
Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: geyser; smoke signals?; team of oxen; man falling off icy cliff toward landing where three other men with walking sticks and a pickaxe look on; old man sitting in chair with blanket on...
