Busy dock on the Ohio River. Three wharfboats line the shore and two steamboats are docked behind them. The larger of the two boats is the City of Cincinnati steamboat which traveled daily between Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Ky. Several people...
Bridges; Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad Company
Aerial view of one side of the Kentucky-Indiana Terminal Railroad Bridge and highway. To the right the Ohio River widens and holds an island. Reflections of the trees at the far shore, and of the bridge, are visible on the water.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Armies
Army transports at Cairo levee at Cairo, Illinois. Drawing of steamboats in a line in the river and people by the shore and approaching the shore at night, the moon visible over the city on the embankment. Below image: "Army transport at the...
View of the beach at Atlantic City with crowds of people on the shore and in the water. A boardwalk or pier with buildings is in the background. Title: Bathing at Atlantic City. Text on left: Published by The Atlas View Company. 147 Fifth Avenue,...
Beargrass Creek, Louisville, Kentucky. Creek channel in the sun and shadows of overhanging trees. The pebbled shore leads gently to the creek. The photograph has been touched up with paint.
Skiffs at right, Beargrass Creek, Louisville, Kentucky. Five rowboats are clustered at the shore in the lower right corner of the photograph. The view looks north down the constructed channel at the mouth of the creek towards its confluence with...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
BLUFF CITY, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (225 ft. x 42 ft. x 6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1896. Owned by Anchor Line, she operated on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and New Orleans. BLUFF CITY was the last boat, and the only...
A steamboat with two large tiers and a small third tier that is inscribed with "Stellawilds" is parked at Paducah Drydock on the Mississippi River. The dry dock is a platform in the river shallows at river height, and has segments of...
More than a dozen cars are parked along a slope by the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. The steamboat America is featured prominently. Further along are the coast guard station and another steamboat which appears to be leaving shore. In the...
View of Brooklyn Bridge at an angle from the left. The shore and skyline are in the background. Boats and ships are in the water around the bridge. In the foreground is a depot with train engine cars attached to a freight car. Title: 4977. Brooklyn...
Ohio River along the Cincinnati waterfront. Railroad tracks and railroad cars are seen along the waterfront. Three steamboats are docked alongside wharfboats and a small boat or canoe is close to shore. A bridge crossing the river is in the...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
CITY OF SALTILLO, a sternwheel packet with wood hull (200 ft. x 37 ft. x 6.6 ft.), was built in 1905 at Howard Ship Yard and Dock Company in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Owned by St Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co., she operated on the...
United States. Coast Guard; Buildings; Lifesaving stations
New Coast Guard station or Life Saving Station in the shallows on the Ohio River, Louisville, Kentucky. Compared to the old station, the windows are large and the trim is dark. There is a rope across the water to the shore and men on both sides....
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Forts & fortifications
Drawing of Confederate fortification at Columbus, Kentucky, on a riverside cliff. Tents and people are atop the cliff. More people are by the water on flat roads on the banks. A steamboat travels toward the shore.
Side view from Louisville, Kentucky, shore (at left) of Municipal Bridge under construction in 1929; supports and wires await the next span. The bridge links Louisville, Kentucky, to Jeffersonville, Indiana. On back of image: "New York Studio...
Damaged barge, J. Walton & Co. 396, floats in the icy Ohio River near the Indiana shore across from the Louisville Water Company pumping station in Louisville, Kentucky.
