Flooded houses in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. According to the photographer's notes this picture is "looking down towards stables" at Howard Shipyard on the Ohio River.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
Looking toward Market Street over Howard shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The Howard office is the white building on the left.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Sawmills; Boathouses; Carts & wagons; Fences
Looking over a fence on Market Street at the mills, lumber shed and boathouse at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Sawmills; Bell towers; Warehouses
Looking up river at Howard shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The bell tower and warehouse are on the left and the mills are on the right.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Pumping stations
Looking up river over the lower section of Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1907 flood. The Louisville Water Company pumping station is in the background.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats
Looking up river at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, during the 1913 Ohio River flood. Much of the image is missing because of paper stuck to the negative, but an unfinished hull is on the ways in the foreground and...
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Cities & towns
Looking west over the lower section of Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1907 Ohio River flood. Paper is stuck to the edges of the negative.
Looking toward Louisville, Kentucky, at the Big Four Railroad Bridge the day after two large spans collapsed during construction. Fifty men were dropped into the icy Ohio River on December 15, 1893, forty of them died.
Looking toward Louisville, Kentucky, at the Big Four Railroad Bridge the day after two large spans collapsed during construction. Fifty men were dropped into the icy Ohio River on December 15, 1893, forty of them died.
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; 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. Barges and other boats line the river bank.
Overhead view, looking forward, of an 18 ft. motorboat, with an inboard gasoline powered engine, built and raced by James E. "Captain Jim" Howard. The boat is sitting on white or light-colored cloths on the ground.
Overhead view, looking aft, of an 18 ft. motorboat, with an inboard gasoline powered engine, built and raced by James E. "Captain Jim" Howard. The boat is sitting on white or light-colored cloths on the ground.
Overhead view, looking forward, of an 18 ft. motorboat, with an inboard gasoline powered engine, built and raced by James E. "Captain Jim" Howard. The boat is sitting on white or light-colored cloths on the ground.
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
M.W. KELLY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (140 ft. x 32 ft. x 4 ft.), was built at Howard in 1900. M.W. KELLY operated on the Chattahoochee River. She was dismantled in 1906.
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...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
JAMES LEE, a side-wheel packet with wood hull (230 ft. x 43 ft. x 7 ft.), was built at Howard in 1898. Owned by Lee Line in Memphis, Tennessee, JAMES LEE operated on the lower Mississippi River between Memphis and Friars Point, Mississippi. ...
