Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
NUGENT, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (120 ft. x 24 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1904. Owned by Nugent Sand Company in Louisville, Kentucky, NUGENT operated on the Black Warrior River after being sold to U.S. Engineers in the...
Dredges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
INDIANA, a dredge that also served as living quarters, was built in 1908 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana for U.S. Engineers in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
ISSAQUENA, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (145.5 ft. x 30 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1912. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Vicksburg District, ISSAQUENA operated on the lower Mississippi River. ISSAQUENA was renamed...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Port quarter of COL. G.L. GILLESPIE, almost complete, at the bank of Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. COL. G.L. GILLESPIE, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (110 ft. x 25 ft. x 3 ft.), was built in 1897. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Distant starboard side view of towboat VEGA, tied to the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard. VEGA, a stern-wheel towboat with wood hull (104 ft. x 17 ft. x 3.3 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...
Side wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
GENERAL BARNARD at the bank of the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. GENERAL BARNARD, a side-wheel snag-boat with a wood hull (215 ft. x 37 ft. x 5 ft.) was built at Howard in 1879 for the U.S. Engineers in the St. Louis...
Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
SERGEANT FLOYD, a diesel propeller inspection and towboat with steel hull (138 ft. x 30 ft. x 5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1932. Owned by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SERGEANT FLOYD operated on the Missouri and upper Mississippi Rivers before...
E.A. WOODRUFF, on the Ohio River, passing Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. E.A. WOODRUFF, a side wheel snagboat with an iron hull (226 ft. x 48 ft. x 7.6 ft.) built in Covington, Kentucky, was completed in Pittsburgh...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (Way T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which was...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way #3977) on grade at Howard Shipyard. This hull (185 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.2 ft.) was built for the stern wheel inspection boat MISSISSIPPI in 1927. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull was towed to...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry
Stern and starboard side view of U.S. Dredge FORT CHARTRES undergoing repairs on ways at Madison shipyard. The paddlewheel has been removed. FORT CHARTRES, a stern wheel dredge was built at Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works in Dubuque, Iowa in 1908....
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry
Bow and starboard side view of U.S. Dredge FORT CHARTRES undergoing repairs on ways at Madison shipyard. FORT CHARTRES, a stern wheel dredge was built at Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works in Dubuque, Iowa in 1908. Owned by U.S. Engineers, FORT...
Dredges; Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry
Bow and starboard side view of U.S. Dredge FORT CHARTRES undergoing repairs on ways at Madison shipyard. FORT CHARTRES, a stern wheel dredge was built at Dubuque Boiler & Boat Works in Dubuque, Iowa in 1908. Owned by U.S. Engineers, FORT...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. PATROL being launched into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1895. PATROL, a stern-wheel towboat and packet with a wood hull, was originally built in Sewickley and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a steel hull into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1931. The hull (75 ft. x 24 ft. x 4.5 ft.) was builty for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Cincinnati. Towboats CROWN HILL and ED. J. HOWARD are tied to...
Barges; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Concrete mixer hull on grade at Howard Shipyard. This is one of two concrete mixer hulls built at Howard for the Corps of Engineers that year. One was for the Memphis district and the other was for the Vicksburg district.
Barges; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S. Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia District, barge under construction on grade at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pilothouse of DUNCAN BRUCE is visible in background.
