PARGOUD, 1884 - 1898.
Title
PARGOUD , 1884 - 1898 .
Way Number
4389
Creator
Howard, James E., 1875-1956 (collector)
Description
PARGOUD , loaded with bales of cotton , at the bank of a river , probably near Baton Rouge . PARGOUD , a side-wheel packet with wood hull (242 ft . x 43 ft . x 7.6 ft.) , was built in 1884 at Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company in Jeffersonville , Indiana . Owned by Captain John W . Tobin , PARGOUD operated on the Mississippi River between St . Louis and New Orleans . On one trip in December , 1886 , she delivered 5,662 bales of cotton and 546 sacks of seeds to New Orleans . PARGOUD sank on the lower Mississippi above the mouth of Red River in 1898 .
Subject
Side wheelers Steamboats Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Date Original
1884 - 1898
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w safety film negative. Item No. 1986.90.T030 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/jp2
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1986.90.T030
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