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...
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
People on the riverbank watch the DEMOPOLIS (Way T0593) float in the Ohio River shortly after she was launched from Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. One of her sister ships, CORDOVA (Way T0510) is also under...
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
J.J. HENNEN, a propeller tugboat with a diesel engine and steel hull (76 ft. x 18 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1928. Owned by Capt. J. J. Hennen, the boat operated on the Ohio River initially and later on the Green River. J.J. HENNEN was...
Tugboats; Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Lumberyard and bow view of five boats, two towboats and three grain barges, under construction on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Spanish moss hangs from the limbs of live oak trees along a dirt road in Florida in December, 1904. Photographers notes also include the word "Baldwin's".
People observe damage on Mulberry Street in Jeffersonville, Indiana after a tornado on March 27, 1890. Two men are working on one roof. The Ransom house at the corner of Front and Mulberry Streets is on the far left.
Ransom home, a large brick house at the corner of Front and Mulberry Streets in Jeffersonville, Indiana after it was damaged by a tornado on March 27, 1890. Parts of walls and the roof are missing.
A two-story brick building damaged by a tornado in Jeffersonville, Indiana in March, 1890. Three unidentified men are on the sidewalk outside the fence and others are examining the damage more closely. The roof and parts of the upper level...
People gather to observe damage to the Fitch home, a two story frame house, after it was hit by a tornado on March 27, 1890. The roof and parts of the chimney and walls are gone.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SAMUEL L. MAY, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (150 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1925. Owned by Union Sand & Gravel in Huntington, West Virginia, SAMUEL L. MAY operated on the upper Ohio River. She was dismantled in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and dock Company
Close up of the stern and paddlewheel on SPRAGUE, the largest towboat ever built for inland waterways. One man is standing by the axle and another is sitting near the outer ring.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Paddlewheel of towboat TRANSIT, damaged in ice, at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.. TRANSIT, a stern wheel towboat with a wood hull (122 ft. x 24 ft. x 3.9 ft.), was buit in Brownsville, Pennsylvania in 1889. Owned by...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
PATRICIA BARRETT under construction on ways at Howard Shipyard. A well pump is in the foreground. PATRICIA BARRETT, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (175 ft. x 40 ft. x 6.4 ft.), was built by Howard in 1927. Owned by Barrett Line in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
G.W. THOMAS, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (173.5 ft. x 28 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by Peoples Coal Co. in Pittsburgh, she operated on the upper Ohio River. G.W. THOMAS was sold and renamed ALICIA in 1913 and then...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CHARLEY JUTTE, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (150 ft. x 27 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Jutte Coal Co., CHARLEY JUTTE operated on the upper Ohio and Monongahela Rivers towing coal to steel mills in Pittsburgh. She was...
