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Death Of A Stellar Steamboat Builder
| 题名： | Death Of A Stellar Steamboat Builder |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | It isn't widely known that James Howard, founder of the Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Ind., emigrated from Lancashire, England, in 1819 at the age of 5. Accompanied by his parents, John and Martha, and 3-year-old brother Daniel, he landed at Brooklyn, N.Y., after a grueling six-week ocean voyage. A wagon train brought the family west, and the story has it that James and his mother relinquished their seats and walked for much of the way so John, who was ill, could lie down in the wagon. The journey took them from New York to Wheeling, Va., (now West Virginia) where the young family boarded a flatboat bound for Cincinnati. A weaver by trade, John Howard established a small woolen mill that employed the entire family. James and Daniel, in their teenage years, apprenticed to Cincinnati boat-builder William Hartshorn. By 1834, the brothers established their own business at Jeffersonville, building the Hyperion for a client in Apalachicola, Fla. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 134 |
| 期： | 50 |
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