View of the Ohio River from a grassy bluff with a few trees at the edge of the bluff and more in the background on the opposite shores. Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
A series of boats are docked along the Ohio River. One is the from the Rose Island Excursion Company. The next is from the Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Company which has a sign indicating, "Up river boats leave week days except Saturdays...
This aerial view of Louisville, Kentucky captures a portion of downtown and the Ohio River. In the bottom left is the distinctive tower of City Hall. Across the street from that at 527 W. Jefferson Street is the Jefferson County Courthouse (now...
Scores of people are lined up along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of cars are parked facing the water where over a dozen boats are in the water and even more are lined up by a jetty. A structure on the water provides a view for some...
Debris is visible on the shoreline as well as in the water of the Ohio River. There is a boat tied up in the distance. It is believed to be a view from Shawnee Park.
Louisville, Kentucky, approach to the Municipal Bridge. Municipal Bridge is now known as the Second Street Bridge and spans the Ohio River between Kentucky and Indiana. A car approaches from the bridge. A building at the right has an advertisement...
Side view of part of the Municipal Bridge near the Louisville, Kentucky, shore. A boat and a bridge crane on the Ohio River and shore are visible under the bridge. Now known as the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge or the Second Street Bridge, it...
Waterways; Canals; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.); Shipping
At the Portland Canal on the Ohio River, Louisville, Kentucky, a man is shoveling in the road next to another man, and other men stand by on other areas of the road. All of the men wear hats; most wear suits, but the man who is shoveling wears work...
Oval photograph of the steamer City of Cincinnati, the sister boat of the steamer City of Louisville, Ohio River, 1933. Printed on card stock. Caption below image: "Steamboating on the Ohio, the Steamer City of Louisville and Sister Boat, City...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CHARLEY CURLIN being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. Packet R. DUNBAR is under construction on left. CHARLEY CURLIN, a stern-wheel pleasure boat with wood hull (88 ft. x 18 ft. x 3 ft.), was built in 1895. Owned by Seth Curlin, the...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
MORNING STAR, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 38 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Louisville & Evansville Packet Co., MORNING STAR operated on the Ohio River between Louisville and Evansville until 1910 when she...
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...
