Bridges; Rivers; Steamboats; Buildings; Transportation; Military facilities
Two steamboats are docked along the shore of the Ohio River. In the background are the Louisville Municipal Bridge, now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Big Four Bridge. A truck is parked on shore next to a ramp leading to...
Two steamboats, one named "Columbia" and one named "Sunshine" near river bank. A small group of people stands on the shore. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two steamboats are docked along the waterfront in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The paddlewheel of one is exposed. A cloud of dark smoke hovers over the water although it is unclear if it is generating from the boats or the numerous smokestacks...
Rivers; Steamboats; Railroad tracks; Transportation; Smokestacks; Electric signs
A boat with "Hollywood Showboat" on the side is near the shore of Louisville, Kentucky. Beyond that are the smokestacks of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company and a sign reading, "The Gateway to the South / Louisville."...
Rivers; Steamboats; Railroads; Transportation; Smokestacks; Electric signs
A boat with "Hollywood Showboat" on the side is near the shore of Louisville, Kentucky. Beyond that are the smokestacks of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company and a sign reading, "The Gateway to the South / Louisville."...
Four steamboats docked at a wharf on the Mississippi River at Paducah, Kentucky. The wharf consists of a row of buildings along the river; in the foreground is a wide dirt road with some stacked lumber; pedestrians; and a horse-drawn cart.
Shore; wharf with two wide one-story buildings; and two steamboats on the far side of the wharf in Paducah, Kentucky. A handful of people stand near the water and crowds stand on the wharf and nearest boat.
Stern view of towboat W.W. O'NEIL and other boats in ice on the Ohio River. Louisville Water Company pumping station is in the background. W.W. O'NEIL, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (201 ft. x 46 ft. x 8 ft.) was built at Pittsburgh in...
Stern wheelers; tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steamboats AMERICA (Way #240) and ARTHUR HIDER (Way T0168) tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1898. Both boats were built at Howard.
Busy dock on the Ohio River. Three wharfboats line the shore and two steamboats are docked behind them. The larger of the two boats is the City of Cincinnati steamboat which traveled daily between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Ky. Several people...
Ohio River along the Cincinnati waterfront. Railroad tracks and railroad cars are seen along the waterfront. Three steamboats are docked alongside wharfboats and a small boat or canoe is close to shore. A bridge crossing the river is in the...
Ohio River along the Cincinnati waterfront. Railroad tracks and railroad cars are seen along the waterfront. Three steamboats are docked alongside wharfboats and a small boat or canoe is close to shore. A bridge crossing the river is in the...
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: title page for "Arithmetic adapted to the course of instruction academies & common schools by P. A. Towne John P. Morton & Co. Publishers Louisville, Ky."; skyline of a...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the word "AND" and the circular image of a house on an urban street, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left...
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...
The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, which spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. Several large steamboats are docked in the distance. The bridge opened for use in 1866 and, at the time, was the longest suspension...
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...
