Barges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men riding wooden barge named "Maud" down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1900. Stern wheel packet ALMA is under construction at the bank of the river. ALMA (Way #0189),...
Stern wheelers; tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steamboats AMERICA (Way #240) and ARTHUR HIDER (Way T0168) tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1898. Both boats were built at Howard.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
AMERICA (Way #240), a sternwheel packet with wood hull (200 ft. x 38 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built in 1898 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by Capt. LaVerrier Cooley, AMERICA operated on the Ouachita River from...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Kate," presumably Edmonds J. Howard's sister Kate Isabella Howard Baird. The notes for another photograph (ULPA 1986.90.2204) identify the older child as "Lucy," who is...
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Aunt Marg" sitting in a chair in front of the fountain on the lawn of the Howard Mansion in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
The Howards' Haynes-Apperson motor carriage, probably built in 1897-1898, parked on the lawn of the mansion at 1029 East Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Another view of this car is in image ULPA 1986.90.0979.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Worker attaches sheet metal to the hull frame of a barge on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Bahmann's S.A. Barge," probably one of two built for a...
Barges; Stern wheelers; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
About ten men ride a barge as she slides off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Stern wheel packet CLYDE (Way #1202) is under construction at the bank of the river. According to the...
Barges; Launchings; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Small barge is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Sidewheel steamer INDIANA (Way #2754) is under construction at the riverbank.
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Small barge is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Bow of ferry THREE STATES (Way #5384) is visible at right.
Barges; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men ride a transfer barge hull down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The JULIEN POYDRAS is being disassembled at the bank down river from the launch.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Eleven wooden barge hulls under construction for the government at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the "St. Louis ferry."
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BIG KANAWHA, on the Ohio River near Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A stern wheel packet with a wood hull (152 ft. x 30 ft. x 4.5 ft.), BIG KANAWHA was built at Madison, Indiana in 1887. Owned by Captain Marlin Brown,...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BLUFF CITY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 42 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1896. Owned by Anchor Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. BLUFF CITY was the last boat, and the only...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Bow and port side views of BOAZ (Way T0278) and CHARLEY JUTTE (T 0396) tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. BOAZ, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (193 ft. x 44 ft. x 6.5 ft.),...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Bow views of BOAZ (Way T0278) and CHARLEY JUTTE (T 0396) tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. BOAZ, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (193 ft. x 44 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at...
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...
