ALMA and launch of barge, 1900.
Title
ALMA and launch of barge , 1900 .
Way Number
189
Creator
Howard, James E., 1875-1956 (photographer)
Description
Men riding wooden barge named "Maud " down the ways and onto the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville) , Indiana in 1900 . Stern wheel packet ALMA is under construction at the bank of the river . ALMA (Way #0189) , a stern wheel packet with a wood hull (155 ft . x 32 ft . x 4 ft.) , was built at Howard in 1900 . Owned by Red River Line , she operated primarily in the New Orleans-Shreveport area until she struck a pier of the Grand Encore bridge in 1904 .
Subject
Barges Stern wheelers Steamboats Boat & ship industry Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Location Depicted
Jeffersonville (Ind.) Ohio River
Date Original
1900
Object Type
Glass negatives
Source
8 x 10 in. glass plate negative. Item No. 1986.90.0438 in the Howard Steamboat Museum Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Howard Steamboat Museum Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/howard/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1986.90.0438
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