High solids processing of biomass slurries provides the following benefits: maximized product concentration in the fermentable sugar stream, reduced water usage, and reduced reactor size. However, high solids processing poses mixing and heat...
Railroads--Virginia--History--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation; Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
This thesis is an examination of the Virginia railroad system during the Civil War. Using extensive and primary secondary sources, the thesis argues that the Virginia General Assembly, the Confederate Government under Jefferson Davis, and the...
Louisville (Ky.)--Economic conditions--19th century; Louisville (Ky.)--Commerce--History; Ohio River Valley--Commerce--History
The dominant theme in the study of any phase of Ohio River history is found in the great extent of the river system and the vast area of the drainage basin of the Mississippi to which this stream forms so important a part. The basin of the...
Enzymatic hydrolysis is the most common method of producing fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic biomass. Limitations to this step include the high cost of enzymes, and the time required to process the biomass. To increase the throughput and...
A horse attached to a cart stands in front of a sawmill, a small open-sided shack with a high metal smokestack and a small pipe on the roof blowing a jet of steam. To the right, a crowd of men and a few children line up in front of a larger shack...
Three men and two boys pose in front of an open-sided sawmill, with two other men seated on logs visible in the background and many cut boards on the ground. A team of oxen are hitched to a wagon hauling a large log in the background.
A group of men pose among cut tree trunks in a clearing in front of a slope-roofed shelter containing machinery for sawing logs and a large tree trunk. A horse and wagon are in the background.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Streets; Sawmills
Looking west on Market Street in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River. The building in the center is the Howard Shipyard mill.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry; Sawmills
The blacksmith shop and lumber shed at Howard Shipyard at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana shortly after Ohio River flood waters receded in 1913.
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.
Sawmills; Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Flooded mills and ways at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the Ohio River flood of 1913. The tugboat FULTON is on the far side of the mill. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the...
Sawmills; Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Tugboat FULTON and crew in Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. The picture appears to have been taken from the deck outside the mills.
