Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ANNA DALE under construction at Howard Shipyard at the bank of the Ohio River. CARRIE HOPE and other boats are also tied to the bank. ANNA DALE, a railroad transfer barge with a wood hull (225 ft. x 36 ft. x 6.7) was built in 1895.
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
INCO No. 1, a self-propelled barge with steel hull (240 ft. x 42 ft. x 6.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1915. Owned by Inland Navigation Company, it operated on the Mississippi River. This diesel powered vessel was built to introduce self loading...
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Heavy smoke pours from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana on May 23, 1929. Two unidentified men are in a rowboat nearby. According to the...
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Thick black smoke rises from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken "Thurs....
Barges; Disasters; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Damaged American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. Printed in the lower right corner is "oil barge after explosion, 7:45 AM -- 5-23-29".
Barges; Ferries; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Barge for a Memphis float or landing dock being launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. JIM T. DUFFY towboat (Way T1375) is standing by to catch the barge. Packet BOB DUDLEY (Way #658) and ferry...
Barges; Hoisting machinery; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Looking down the ways toward the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. A crane, barges and other boats line the river bank.
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel barge (124 ft. x 30 ft. x 7 ft.) being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1915. The barge was being built for someone in the port of New Orleans. There is an unfinished towboat in...
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Several men watch, and others ride on, the Mengel Box Company Barge No.2 as she is launched onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
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; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
People are gathered to watch American Barge Line's first steel barge slide off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Barges; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel barge slides off the grade and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indian. Towboat ED. J. HOWARD (Way T0679) is tied to the bank down river from the launch.
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.
Damaged barge, J. Walton & Co. 396, floats in the icy Ohio River near the Indiana shore across from the Louisville Water Company pumping station in Louisville, Kentucky.
