Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CHICOT, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (107.2 ft. x 23.5 ft. x 4.8 ft.), was built at Howard in 1925. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg district, she operated on the lower Mississippi River. In 1941, CHICOT was sold to...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CHISCA, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (160 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1897. Owned by Mississippi River Commission, CHISCA operated on the lower Mississippi River in the Memphis area. Her wood hull was replaced with a steel...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat engines; Launchings; Ship equipment & rigging; Ship trials; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
WM. LARIMER JONES, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (136 ft. x 34 ft. x 7.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1930. Owned by Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, WM. LARIMER JONES operated in the Pittsburgh area. Wm. Larimer Jones was the first...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ANNA DALE under construction at Howard Shipyard at the bank of the Ohio River. CARRIE HOPE and other boats are also tied to the bank. ANNA DALE, a railroad transfer barge with a wood hull (225 ft. x 36 ft. x 6.7) was built in 1895.
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...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
KENTUCKY (Way T1512), a stern-wheel snag-boat with wood hull (127 ft. x 30 ft. x 5.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1909. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, KENTUCKY (Way T1512) operated on the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. KENTUCKY (Way T1512)...
A man in a diving suit stands at the edge of a wall at a construction site on the Ohio River at the riverfront and 4th Street. More men, not in diving suits, are on a barge or platform next to the diver.
Streams; Rivers; Pumping stations; Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Men; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Pipes (Conduits)
Multiple views of a pipe system under construction near the Ohio River. Views include the site with pipes and wood supports being installed, buildings and equipment above the trench, and a barge in the river. Site of a pumping station under...
Two-story stucco building facing Peterson Avenue on the Peterson-Dumesnil property which probably antedates the 1869 summer home on the same property. With peaked gable porch, small windows, and a scalloped barge board trim under the cornice, the...
Multiple freight train cars on five sets of tracks leading to large industrial equipment with four smokestacks. To the right is a barge docked in the water. To the left are large piles of ore. Title: 6680 - Great Hoists, Hughlett & Brown...
Railroad tracks; Electric railroads; Railroads; Canals
Four sets of railroad tracks with fields on either side. Electric poles and lines run parallel to the tracks. A train is on the left set of tracks with a person sitting on the top of one of the cars. A second train is on one of the middle sets of...
Freight cars filled with iron ore. A man stands on top of one car guiding a bucket of ore. Beyond the trains are a barge and smaller ships in the water. Title: (75)-7965-Unloading iron ore from lake vessels - old and new methods - Cleveland, O....
Commissioned in 1848 by the Kentucky State Legislature, this monument to honor Kentucky veterans of all wars was built by Robert E. Launitz of New York. It was brought by barge to Frankfort, Kentucky, and completed in 1850. Only the top of the...
View down a canal on the Ohio River. There is a bridge in the background, and a paddle-wheel towboat connected to a coal barge on the right. The boat bears a sign reading "Transit of Louisville." Published by Detroit Publishing Co.,...
