Towboat MODOC at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. MODOC, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (102 ft. x 17 ft. x 3 ft.), was built at Charleston, West Virginia in 1873. According to Frederick Way, Jr., her last...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port side view of INLAND alongside an unidentified barge at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. INLAND, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (134.7 ft. x 28 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Paducah, Kentucky in 1927. Owned by Inland Waterways...
Port stern view of FULTON running full past Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. FULTON, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (129 ft. x 19 ft. x 3 ft.) was built at Madison, Indiana in 1891. She operated in the...
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...
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...
