Fire stations; Group portraits; Fire fighters; Fire engines; Steam engines
Group portrait of firefighters sitting and standing around a steam engine at the Engine Company No. 6, located at present day 2427 Portland Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1874. The address at the time was listed in the City Directory as...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Smokestacks;
Steam and Chilled Water Plant, Belknap Campus. Steam rises from the building; the smoke stacks are prominent. This image was taken at night; there are lights shining through the windows. Current uses: Heating plant for Belknap campus. Former uses:...
Steam Ferry "New Haven" docked on the Ohio River at Uniontown. The ferry has a smokestack and water wheel, and a man leaning back in a chair on its deck.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
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...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
TENNESSEE (Way #5339), a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (170 ft. x 32 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., TENNESSEE) operated on the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers between Nashville,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BOB BLANKS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (175 ft. x 35 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903. Owned by J.P. Parker, she operated on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and the Red River. A handsome cotton style packet with...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF CLIFTON, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (190 ft. x 36 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1900. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., CITY OF CLIFTON operated in the St. Louis area. She was originally ordered by the Lee...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GEORGIA LEE, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (210 ft. x 43 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, she operated on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers between Memphis and Cincinnati. She was lost in ice at Memphis,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF MEMPHIS, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (200 ft. x 36 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard Shipyard in 1898. Owned by St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., she operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; HVAC systems; Smokestacks;
University of Louisville's old Steam and Chilled Water Plant: a brick building with two smokestacks. Brigman Hall can be seen behind the plant. Location: Belknap Campus, next to Brigman Hall. Heating plant for Belknap campus; replaced by the plant...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
LA BELLE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (148.5 ft. x 28.4 ft. x 5.6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1921. Owned by Wheeling Steel Corporation, LA BELLE operated on the Ohio River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Steubenville, Ohio. She was...
Map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, creeks, counties, cities, and towns plus existing and proposed canals, streets, and railroads. Counties are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are noted by numbers...
Map of Kentucky shows mountain ranges, rivers, large creeks, counties, cities and towns plus existing and proposed canals, streets, and railroads. Counties and frame are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are...
Map of Kentucky shows canals, railroads, rivers, creeks, counties, cities, and towns. Counties are hand colored and relief is shown by hachures. Distances between towns are noted by numbers along the roadways. A table lists distances via steamship...
