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The Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1905. "The levee at Louisville." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
I don't know about that wagon specifically, but tobacco is still shipped in hogsheads like that, and given the location I'd say its likely that's what in those.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/king/ill407.html
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Bent saved the pilot house after the 1917 sinking. The Ohio Historical Society obtained title and in 1976 and moved it to the grounds of the Ohio River Museum in Marietta. The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen funded restoration in 1977.
The Tell City wheelhouse at the Ohio River Museum in Marietta.
The wharfboat appears to be a retired sternwheeler. If you look closely you can see the hog chains and the cutouts for the paddlewheel pitman arm. Also across the river is perhaps the old prison which later became Colgate Toothpaste Company. Colgate closed its doors forever early 2009 I believe.
Wonder what might be in those casks on the wagon. Some sort of dry goods, I'd imagine.
According to the Historic Harrison County website, the "Tell City" sank in 1917 at Little Hocking, Ohio. The pilot house was taken off the boat and placed on a lawn and used as a summer house. It was given to the Steamboat Museum at Marietta College in Ohio some years later.
http://digital.evpl.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/evaphotos&CISOPTR...
I can imagine the lettering on the wharfboat to be a bright red! What could those huge barrels contain?
Wharf boats were used in places where the water level could change dramatically. I was really curious about that thing.
Notice Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson combing the levee for clues. Or maybe they're just merchants!
That's a "unicorn hitch" with three draft animals, two on the wheel and one out front. It's a rare variation, however, with a horse and two mules.
Where is Huck Finn? I can imagine that this would have been a familiar sight for him.
Nice shot of a working wharfboat. That is Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the river, home to Howard's Shipyards, where the Tell City was built in 1889.
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