Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Eleven wooden barge hulls under construction for the government at Howard Shipyards in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken from the "St. Louis ferry."
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.
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
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
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.
Barges; Side wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Five men ride a dump scow barge down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The shipyard's raft of logs for future boats and the sidewheel packet KATE ADAMS (Way #3217) are just down river...
Barges; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men ride a transfer barge hull down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The JULIEN POYDRAS is being disassembled at the bank down river from the launch.
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.
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Workers standing on the frame of a hull being built on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, the boat is SOUTH AMERICA.
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men work on a small steel hull on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is a "derrick boat hull."
