Stern views of tugboats MONTEREY (Way T1864) and Wm DUFFY and barges in ice on the Ohio River near Howard Shipyard at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
E.R. ANDREWS, a stern-wheel towboat with a composite hull (165 ft. x 32.5 ft. x 5.2 ft.), was built at Howard in 1894. Owned by Campbell's Creek Coal in Cincinnati, she operated on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, towing coal to Cincinnati and...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ARTHUR HIDER, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (163 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, the tugboat operated on the lower Mississippi River until 1935 when she was sold to A. O. Kirschner...
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...
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G.W. THOMAS, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (173.5 ft. x 28 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Peoples Coal Co. in Pittsburgh, she operated on the upper Ohio River. G.W. THOMAS was sold and renamed ALICIA in 1913 and then...
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COP-R-LOY, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (73 ft. x 20 ft. x 3.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1929. Owned by Portsmouth Steel Co., COP-R-LOY operated in the New Boston (Ohio) Mill area. She was renamed DETROITER (Way #T0595) in 1952,...
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SAMUEL L. MAY, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (150 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1925. Owned by Union Sand & Gravel in Huntington, West Virginia, SAMUEL L. MAY operated on the upper Ohio River. She was dismantled in...
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STANDARD, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (130.2 ft. x 30.8 ft. x 5.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1914. Owned by Standard Oil Company, STANDARD operated on the Mississippi River between Alton, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee. This was...
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MONTGOMERY, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, MONTGOMERY operated on the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama initially and later on the Illinois River. Her...
Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CORDOVA, a packet and towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8.0 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Federal Barge Line, she operated on the Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama, as well as the Mississippi River. CORDOVA was...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GENERAL H.L. ABBOT, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (170 ft. x 32 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1895. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the St. Louis district, GENERAL H.L. ABBOT operated on the Mississippi River. She was renamed...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NUGENT, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (120 ft. x 24 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Nugent Sand Company in Louisville, Kentucky, NUGENT operated on the Black Warrior River after being sold to U.S. Engineers in the...
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GOUVERNEUR, an electric stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (121.9 ft. x 23 ft. x 5 ft.), was built in 1926 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville.
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WM. McCLELLAND, a sternwheel towboat with wood hull (150 ft. x 28 ft. x 4.5 ft.), was built in 1901 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Wiggins Ferry Company in St. Louis, WM. McCLELLAND operated in the St....
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HELEN H., a stern-wheel towboat with a diesel engine and steel hull (85 ft. x 22 ft. x 4.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1931. HELEN H. operated in the Louisville area. HELEN H. was bought by Amherst Barge Company in 1956 and renamed EMMA No.3.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
D.A.B., a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (63 ft. x 16 ft. x 3.0 ft.), was built at Howard in 1921. Owned by Wheeling Steel Corporation, D.A.B. operated in the Pittsburgh area. She initially had a gas engine with a chain drive stern-wheel, but...
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
DEMOPOLIS, a propeller towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1920. Owned by Inland Waterways Corporation in St. Louis, she operated on the Warrior River and was dismantled in 1952.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NORTHERN, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (125 ft. x 26 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1908. Owned by E. T. Slider in Louisville, Kentucky, NORTHERN operated on the Ohio River near Louisville, towing sand and gravel. She was dismantled...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ISSAQUENA, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (145.5 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1912. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, ISSAQUENA operated on the lower Mississippi River. ISSAQUENA was renamed...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GUNTERSVILLE, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (140 ft. x 28 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903. Owned by Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway, GUNTERSVILLE operated in the Guntersville, Alabama area. Its main use was towing...
