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.
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.
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
According to the photographer's notes, this is lower grade of the flooded Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, as seen from the "office porch, Mar. 30, 1913 at 10:35".
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
According to the photographer's notes, this is Section 4 of the flooded Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana, as seen from the "roof of the mould loft, Apl. 2 at 10:15," but much of the image is...
Floods--Ohio River; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Boat & ship industry
According to the photographer's notes, this picture is "looking down banks" at the Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana on January 21, 1907 at 3:00 P.M. It shows the mill, the boat house, and...
An unidentified sternwheel packet, possibly ALMA (Way # 189), loaded with "passengers," slides off the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana.
Boathouse at Howard Shipyard on icy Ohio River at Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in February, 1908. Towboats R.C. McCALLA and TOMBIGBEE are tied to the river bank east of the boathouse.
Snow; Ice; Barges; Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Boats lined up along the snow-covered bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. From left to right: an unidentified tugboat, unidentified derrick, unidentified pump boat, towboat WM. DUFFY, towboat...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.ST.L. COPPEE, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (140 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, H.ST.L. COPPEE operated on the lower Mississippi River. H.ST.L. COPPEE...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and dock Company
Bow and port side view of SPRAGUE tied off at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. SPRAGUE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (276 ft. x 61 ft. x 7.4 ft.) was built at Dubuque Boat & Boiler in Dubuque, Iowa in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and dock Company
Bow and port side view of SPRAGUE tied off at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. SPRAGUE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (276 ft. x 61 ft. x 7.4 ft.) was built at Dubuque Boat & Boiler in Dubuque, Iowa in...
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. ...
Stables; Forge shops; Pumping stations; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Buildings in the upper section of Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, from left to right the buildings are "part of ox stable, mule stables, brick blacksmith shop, east end of...
Floods--Ohio River; Office buildings; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company; Flatboats
Clyde and Edmonds J. Howard standing on the steps of the Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company office building in Port Fulton, Indiana during the 1913 Ohio River flood. Another man sits in a flatboat at the bottom of the steps. According to the...
