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Family Vacation Steams Into History (WJ Online Exclusive) Drew Byrne, 12, strains as he turns the Belle of Louisville’s original wooden wheel while Capt. Mike Fitzgerald keeps a steady hand on the lever. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Family Vacation Steams Into History (WJ Online Exclusive)

July 22, 2022

By Drew Byrne Steamboat historians can learn a lot from a trip to Louisville, Ky., and just across the river in Jeffersonville, Ind. My family traveled to… Read More

Louisville Propeller Club Changes Meeting Times For 2022

December 27, 2021

The Port of Louisville Propeller Club will embark on a new path starting in January 2022. After surviving COVID-19 with all its unintended consequences of no meetings, no… Read More

The Stalwart Sternwheeler Falls City A vintage postcard, dated July 25, 1907, of the Falls City underway. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Stalwart Sternwheeler Falls City

August 23, 2021

Recent acquisitions to the writer’s collection of regional river memorabilia are a post card and freight bill from the steamer Falls City. Built in 1898 at Cincinnati for the… Read More

The Ferry Froman M. Coots  The ferryboat Froman M. Coots passing the moored excursion steamer Idlewild at Madison, Ind. (Keith Norrington collection)

The Ferry Froman M. Coots 

August 16, 2021

Before the grand opening of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, spanning the Ohio River between Louisville, Ky., and Jeffersonville, Ind., numerous ferries were in operation over many… Read More

Kentucky Governor Announces Riverport Grant Awards

August 2, 2021

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced a half million dollars in grant funding July 15 for critical repairs and equipment replacement at Kentucky riverports. The grants must be matched… Read More

One Dead, Two Missing In Louisville Barge/Boat Accident

April 26, 2021

Search teams have covered more than 60 miles of the Ohio River looking for a missing man and woman following an accident between a commercial tow and a… Read More

Belle Of Louisville Steams Into 2021, Despite Financial Shortfall The steamboat Belle of Louisville, at 107 years old, has begun its 2021 season, offering passengers cruises on the Ohio River. The organization’s administrators have sought additional funding because of budget shortfalls, in part because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Belle of Louisville Riverboats)

Belle Of Louisville Steams Into 2021, Despite Financial Shortfall

April 20, 2021

The 107-year-old Belle of Louisville is back steaming down the Ohio River, but the boat’s operators say that without $4.1 million in additional funding over the next five years,… Read More

Louisville Flood Protection Plan Forwarded To Congress

November 2, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced what the Louisville Engineer District called a significant step for the Louisville (Ky.) Metro Flood Protection System Reconstruction Study. Lt. Read More

Ohio River Closures Set For Bridge Repair

September 26, 2020

Repairs to the Louisville & Indiana Railroad drawbridge in Louisville, Ky., will force two closures of the Ohio River. The river will close at the bridge at… Read More

Riverfront Park Designed To ‘Lean In’ To Climate Change A map shows Origin Park’s location in relation to the Indiana cities of Clarksville, New Albany and Jeffersonville as well as Louisville, Ky., across the Ohio River. The proposed 600-acre park, designed by its developers to be climate resilient, would stretch along the north riverbank near the Falls of the Ohio and the Big Four pedestrian bridge and wrap around portions of the Ohio River Greenway. (Map courtesy of the River Heritage Conservancy)

Riverfront Park Designed To ‘Lean In’ To Climate Change

September 21, 2020

A riverfront park planned for southern Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky., is being designed as “climate resilient.” The River Heritage Conservancy is developing… Read More

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