One of the large and palatial sidewheelers, the Thompson Dean was built at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1872. Constructed on a wooden hull measuring 306 feet in length by 46… Read More
Loretta Howard
This week’s Old Boat Column takes us for a visit to the Cincinnati wharf. In this serene image, taken from the stern of the excursion steamer Island Queen, we… Read More
A vintage postcard view, circa 1906, of the Howard Shipyard and mansion. (Keith Norrington collection) Six decades ago this week, on May 18, 1958, the Howard National Steamboat… Read More
