Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way #3977) on grade at Howard Shipyard. This hull (185 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.2 ft.) was built for the stern wheel inspection boat MISSISSIPPI in 1927. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull was towed to...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (Way T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which was...
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a steel hull into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1931. The hull (75 ft. x 24 ft. x 4.5 ft.) was builty for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Cincinnati. Towboats CROWN HILL and ED. J. HOWARD are tied to...
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a hull at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1924. According to the photographer's notes, the hull is for the "Pittsburgh derrick."
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men work on a small steel hull on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is a "derrick boat hull."
Ferries; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men working on a large steel catamaran ferry hull at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The hull appears to be for the LOUISIANA (Way #3597), which was built in 1926.
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SERGEANT FLOYD, a diesel propeller inspection and towboat with steel hull (138 ft. x 30 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1932. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SERGEANT FLOYD operated on the Missouri and upper Mississippi Rivers before...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Side view of men standing on a large hull on ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is the "South America boat."
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a small sternwheel hull into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1902. According to the photographer's notes, this is the "Little Rock snagboat . . . (possibly BEAUREGARD)". This is...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Workers standing on the frame of a hull being built on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, the boat is SOUTH AMERICA.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of an unidentified sternwheel towboat hull onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1904. The boat may have been the NUGENT (Way T1938). The packet JULIEN POYDRAS (Way #3188), which was...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, this is the "Pittsburgh derrick hull" under construction on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CHICOT, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (107.2 ft. x 23.5 ft. x 4.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1925. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg district, she operated on the lower Mississippi River. In 1941, CHICOT was sold to...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MARK TWAIN, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (157 ft. x 42 ft. x 6 ft.), and the last steam towboat made by Howard, was built in 1931. Owned by Inland Waterways Corporation in St. Louis, she operated on the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
JOHN HOWARD, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (180 ft. x 36 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1871. JOHN HOWARD operated on the lower Mississippi River between New Orleans and the Ouachita River. JOHN HOWARD was rebuilt with a new hull...
