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Steamboats
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Transportation
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Ohio River
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Commerce (Ship)
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Rivers
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ca 1910
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1929
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ca 1885
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ca 1890
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1884-06
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Natchez and the Eclipse
Steamboats; Rivers
In this illustration an artist placed the two boats together as if they were racing. Note the sparks in the smoke.
2.
Floating Theater
Steamboats; Showboats; Theaters; Transportation; Towboats; Rivers; Entertainers--19th century
The name of the showboat is New Sunny South. It is being towed by Conquest. Compared to other boats on the river this showboat has less outdoor space. Most of the ship is enclosed.
3.
Red Rover Converted to a U.S. Navy Hospital Ship
Steamboats; Ohio River; United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865; Transportation; Hospitals, Naval and marine
Red Rover was built in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1857. She worked the run from Nashville to New Orleans. The Confederate army acquired the ship in 1861 and they used it around Columbus, Kentucky, and Island...
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Centennial Celebration of Steamboat Navigation on Inland Waters
Steamboats; Steam-navigation--United States; Centennial celebrations, etc.; Smoke; Air pollution; Crowds; Transportation
Forty-seven boats were in a parade on the river. Twenty-four are in this picture. Names of some of the boats left to right: Lucille Nowland, Sunshine, [?]. [?], [?], Charles Brown, Exporter, New Orleans...
5.
Passengers Aboard the Queen City
Steamboats; Passengers; Bells; Transportation; Clothing & dress; Hats
The ship's bell was its means of communication. It was rung to announce arrival and departure and to attract the attention of ships nearby on the river.
6.
Crap Game at the Wharf
Wharves; Stevedores; Clothing & dress; Gambling
7.
Steamboats Trapped in Ice on the Ohio River
Steamboats; Ohio River; Ice; Winter; Natural disasters; Bridges; Waterfronts
The trapped boats are the Bonanza, Lizzie Boy, Hercules C[?] rrel[?]st[?], and City of Cincinnati
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Sunshine, Morning Star, Harry Brown, and Joseph B. Williams Docked at Jeffersonville, Indiana
Steamboats; Boats; Ohio River; Jeffersonville (Ind.)--History; Shipyards
Additional boats are under construction on the ways in the background.
9.
Marine Ways, Madison, Indiana
Steamboats; Madison (Ind.); Ohio River; Boats; Waterfronts; Shipyards
Ships in the ways are: City of Owensboro, Charles Brown and Alice Brown.
10.
Building of Davis Island Dam
Ohio River; Dams; Waterfronts
At Davis Island in 1885, the engineers completed the largest Chanoin dam and navigation lock ever built to that date. Its design became the standard at the 50 additional locks and dams built to canalize...
11.
Marine Ways, Madison, Indiana
Steamboats; Ohio River; Waterfronts; Shipyards
Four ships are in the ways: Tell City, City of Owensboro, Harry Brown, Alice Brown.
12.
Steamboat "Washington"
Steamboats; Transportation; Ohio River; Steam-navigation--United States
13.
"City of Vevay"
Steamboats; Transportation; Commerce (Ship); Ohio River
Built in 1881, and originally called the City of Frankfort, the ship was renamed Vevay in 1884, and ran between Cincinnati and Madison, Indiana, from around 1888-1895.
14.
Loading the "Queen City"
Steamboats; Commerce (Ship); Barrels; African Americans; Clothing & dress
Workers are loading empty barrels for apples onto the ship.
15.
Pilot House of the "City of New Orleans"
Steamboats; Clothing & dress; Hats
The ship was built in 1881, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, by Howard Ship Yard. It was dismantled in May 1898, in Harmor, Ohio.
16.
Steamboat "America"
Steamboats; Commerce (Ship); Transportation
The ship was built in 1898 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It worked out of New Orleans on the Ouachita River and later to Vicksburg and Greenville. Here she appears to be loaded with bales of cotton. The...
17.
Loading the "America"
Steamboats; Commerce (Ship); Transportation
Barrels are being loaded onto the ship.
18.
"Betsy Ann"
Steamboats; Bridges; Transportation; Commerce (Ship)
The Betsy Ann was built in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1899. She primarily worked the Pittsburgh-Cincinnati area and was known for having run 3 staged races at Cincinnati in 1928, 1929, and 1930. The ship was dismantled...
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"Delta Queen" in the Lousiville Canal
Transportation; Steamboats; Canals; Rivers
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Steamboats Racing on the Ohio River
Steamboats; Transportation
This image shows the Tom Greene (left) and Betsy Ann (right) race in 1929. They raced again in 1930.
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