A flooded house and street in Port Fulton or Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1913. According to the photographer's notes, this is "Ed Hoover's (?) house" on "Apr. 2, 1913 at 3:10."
A man in a rowboat paddles among damaged houses and shantyboats during the 1907 Ohio River flood. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken on January 7, 1907 at 2 P.M.
Snow; Ice; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A man sits on the snow covered deck of a boat that is under construction on the ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in January 1910. According to the photographer's notes, the boat is "Gil's."
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
A man, perhaps Edmonds J. Howard, stands on an unfinished hull in Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The sternwheel of the steamboat BOAZ is visible in the background.
A photograph of a daguerrotype of John and Martha Howard, parents of James Howard, founder of Howard Shipyard. The Howards immigrated from England in 1819.
A small horse, hitched to a two-wheel cart, stands in front of the stable at the Howard Mansion on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The photographer's notes describe this picture as "Horse and buggy," and,...
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...
Ferries; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A. BALDWIN, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (127 ft. x 58.9 ft. x 7.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1905. Owned by Union Ferry Co., A. BALDWIN operated in the New Orleans area carrying up to thirty-five automobiles and 231...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.D. ALLEN, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (125 ft. x 23 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. She operated on the Arkansas River initially and, after being sold to U.S. Engineers in 1910, on the upper White River. A.D. ALLEN was...
Ferries; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
A.M. HALLIDAY, a center wheel ferry with steel catamaran hulls (121 ft. x 59 ft. x 7.7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1903. Owned by Union Ferry Co. in New Orleans, she operated in the New Orleans area, carrying up to thirty-five cars and 225...
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...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, "Cincinnati dredge on grade." Presumably this is the Cincinnati dredge that was launched in 1908 from Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, and the sternwheeler under...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, "Raft in river showing boats on grade. Raft in foreground showing how the logs were held together. Saplings called tie poles were laid crosswise and holes were bored through them into the log--then an oak...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
According to the photographer's notes, and unidentified "steel tug and dredge on grade" at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
According to the photographer's notes, this image is of people "building a flat on the Penn Street Levee April 1, 1913 @ 11:05." Penn Street was in Port Fulton, Indiana which was annexed by Jeffersonville in 1926.
According to the photographer's notes, this is "Albert Holmes' house & motor April 1, 1913 flood". A boat is tied between the flooded house and a telephone pole. In the 1910 census, Albert Holmes was living on Market Street in...
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.
According to the photographer's notes, this is "P. McDun's house . . . 1913" probably referring to Patrick McDunn, a carpenter at Howard Shipyard, who was living on Jefferson Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana at the time...
