Transportation; Rivers; Paddleboats; Louisville and Portland Canal (Ky.)
The paddleboat Ida-Mae out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, moves down the Louisville and Portland Canal. A small sign on the shore indicates "U.S. Lock 41." A man walks along the fence line on the opposite part of the canal near a stone...
A paddlewheel steamboat makes its way down the Big Sandy River. Plumes of dark smoke come out of two forward stacks and steam rises from smaller pipes further back on the boat. Houses and farmland can be seen on the banks with hills rising up in...
A couple with a young child heads toward the steamboat of the Rose Island Excursion Company. Flags of the United States are mounted at the front of the boat and along the sides. A number of cars are parked along the dock and a bridge is visible in...
Busy dock on the Ohio River. Three wharfboats line the shore and two steamboats are docked behind them. The larger of the two boats is the City of Cincinnati steamboat which traveled daily between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Ky. Several people...
Steamboat "Hiawatha" travelling on the Ohio River. Boat is travelling away from the camera and stern and paddlewheel are in view. Smoke is billowing from its stacks.
Paddlewheeler "Keystone State of Pittsburgh" docked alongside a wharfboat in the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio. Another paddlewheeler is pulling alongside the Keystone. Two bridges over the Ohio River are seen in the background.
Stern wheelers; Paddleboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
This digital collection currently features images of boats built, or being built, at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It will be expanded to include the entire photograph collection taken by Captain James E. Howard (1875-1956) between...
