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  Passage Down the Ohio River, November 16, 1861

  Hand-colored illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 16 November 1861, entitled "Passage Down the Ohio River of General Negley's Pennsylvania Brigade, Consisting of the 77th, 78th and 79th Regiments Pennsylvania Volunteers, Under Colonels Hambright, Stambauch and Sewall, En Route for the Seat of War in Kentucky." The illustration shows Federal troops being transported by steamboat down the Ohio with civilians waving to them from the shore.
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  On the Mississippi, ca. 1869

  A Currier & Ives lithograph of the steamboat Mayflower, circa 1869. Printmakers Nathaniel Currier and James Merrit Ives produced some of the most popular American art of the 19th century. The company specialized in publishing inexpensive hand-colored lithographic prints for the growing American middle class.
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  Through the Bayou by Torchlight, n.d.

  A Currier & Ives lithograph of a steamboat moving through the bayou with torchlight, undated. Printmakers Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives produced some of the most popular American art of the 19th century. The company specialized in publishing inexpensive hand-colored lithographic prints for the growing American middle class.
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  General Pike Broadside

  Broadside advertising the Regular Packet General Pike with Captain William F. Fuller and E. Eugene Bowers, Clerk. Customers are advisted to apply for freight or passage on board or at the Cincinnati Daily Commerical Steam Press.
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  Steamboat Disaster on the Ohio

  Hand-colored print from Harper's Weekly showing the collision and fire when the steamboats America and United States collided on December 4, 1868.
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  Natchez vs. Robert E. Lee

  Harper's Weekly print dated November 12, 1870, of the famous steamboat race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. The two boats raced in the summer of 1870. The Robert E. Lee won the famed steamboat race against the Natchez, going from New Orleans to St. Louis, Missouri, a distance of 1,154 miles, in 3 days, 18 hours, and 14 minutes.
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  The Belle of Louisville

  The Belle of Louisville under fireworks taken by Kalman Papp circa 1965.
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  Charles T. Campbell Towboat

  Charles T. Campbell, Towboat (1936-1937) was built by Dravo in Neville Island, Pennsylvania, for the Camp Transportation Co., Pittsburgh. Sold in 1947, its name was changed to the John J. Rowe.
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  The Steamer Sprague

  The Sprague built at Dubuque, Iowa's Iowa Iron Works in 1901 by Captain Peter Sprague for the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company, was the world's largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat. She was nicknamed Big Mama, and was capable of pushing 56 coal barges at once. In 1907 Sprague set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of 6 1/2 acres and measuring 925 feet (282 m) by 312 feet (95 m).
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  Steamboat being constructed

  Unidentified image of a steamboat being constructed, undated.
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  Steamer Southland

  Southland, built by Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1910, was originally named Nashville. It was rebuilt at Paducah, Kentucky, in 1922 and named Southland. It ran from Louisville to Stephensport to Evansville. It burned on December 16, 1932. Here it is shown at the Louisville Waterfront, ca. 1922 to ca. 1930.
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  Steamboat on river

  An unidentified image of a steamboat on a river, undated.
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  Steamboat Congo

  Men loading whiskey barrels onto the Steamboat Congo in Prestonville, Kentucky, during the fall of 1893. The captain was George H. Simpson of Madison, Indiana, and the clerk was Shuley Bradley. The Congo was a sternwheel packet that ran between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. She was built in Harmar, Ohio, in 1890. She collided with a barge and sank in 1896.
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  Steamboat Tarascon

  The steamboat Tarascon was built in 1863 for the Louisville and Henderson Mail Line. It was used in service during the Civil War.
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  United States Steamer "Lexington," ca. 1861

  U. S. steamer Lexington, labeled "United States Steamer Lexington" at the base of the drawing, which is signed "F. Muller," image from the Herald-Post.
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  The Alice Dean, ca. 1863

  Memphis and Cincinnati Packet Alice Dean which had a capacity of 411 tons, was a side-wheel, wooden-hulled packet steamer. It was launched from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1863, running a scheduled route between Cincinnati and Memphis, Tennessee.
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  Steamer "America," June 26, 1920

  Employees of C. Lee Cook Manufacturing Company aboard steamer America for a picnic at Fern Grove, June 26, 1920.
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  Inside the cabin of the Robert E. Lee, n.d.

  Interior cabin of the Robert E. Lee. The Robert E. Lee, nicknamed the "Monarch of the Mississippi," was built in New Albany, Indiana, in 1866. The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and the boat cost more than $200,000 to build.
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  Delta Queen vs. Belle of Louisville, February 1968

  "The first steamboat race in more than 30 years will line the banks of the Ohio River near Louisville with spectators April 30 when the Delta Queen and the Belle of Louisville vie as a feature of the Kentucky Derby Festival," February 1968.
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  Belle of Louisville vs. Delta Queen, ca. 1968

  The Belle of Louisville in a race with the Delta Queen, ca. 1968. Louisville, Ky.