View of Howard Mansion from across the street at the back of the shipyard office in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Part of the shipyard's machine shop is also visible. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken...
Lumber; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Lumber piled high in Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Smoke stacks from the towboat SPRAGUE are visible beyond the ways. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from a window in the Howard Shipyard...
Floods--Ohio River; Ferries; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Shipyard owner Edmund J. Howard stands near an unfinished ferry boat hull at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 flood.
Barges; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Five men ride a dump scow barge down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The shipyard's raft of logs for future boats and the sidewheel packet KATE ADAMS (Way #3217) are just down river...
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...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ROSE HITE, a sternwheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built in 1895 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., ROSE HITE operated on the Ohio River...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SENATOR CORDILL, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 33 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1902. Owned by Vicksburg & Natchez Packet Co., SENATOR CORDILL operated on the Mississippi River in the Vicksburg and Natchez areas...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side of U.S. PATROL tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. PATROL, a stern-wheel towboat and packet with a wood hull, was originally built in Sewickley and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1893 for the...
Howard Mansion, Market Street and the Howard Shipyard machine shop as viewed from the front porch of the shipyard office in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, after a snowfall.
Floods--Ohio River; Mansions; Houses; Machine shops; Bell towers; Weather vanes
Howard Shipyard shop, with weather vane on top of the bell tower, and mansion, both on East Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, during the 1913 Ohio River flood. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Section 1...
From left to right, the Howard Shipyard office, original Howard home and ship building shop on East Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The machine shop has a bell tower with a weather vane...
Howard Shipyard office, on East Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, during the 1913 Ohio River flood. According to the photographer's notes, this photo was taken from "store room, April 2, 1913 @ 9:10." Four men...
Office buildings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Howard Shipyard & Dock Company office building on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana as seen from the porch of James E. Howard's home across the street.
Floods--Ohio River; Office buildings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Howard Shipyard & Dock Company office building on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana as seen from the porch of James E. Howard's home across the street. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken...
Snow; Office buildings; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Edmonds J. Howard (right) and what appears to be a family group in front of the Howard Shipyard office after a snowfall in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Women; Dogs; Podiums; Automobiles; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
Loretta "Rita" Howard and dog stand next to a stand that has been built and decorated with flags for the launching of a boat at Howard Shipyard. Two automobiles, several wagons and buildings are in the background.
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.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Cities & towns
Two steel hulled boats, probably JAS E RANSDELL and BEN HUMPHREY, on the flooded ways in Howard Shipyard. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the lumber pile on Jan. 23, 1907 at 10:45 AM.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Cities & towns
Two steel hull boats, probably JAS E RANSDELL and BEN HUMPHREY, on the flooded ways in Howard Shipyard. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the lumber pile on Jan. 23, 1907 at 10:45 AM.
