Ferryboat "Pauline" owned by Elihu Alden (1851-1935) of Petersburg, Kentucky (Ohio River mile 495)
The "Pauline" is towing a barge alongside which seems to be loaded with wooden boxes looking somewhat like coffins. Elihu is giving the photographer a steam whistle salute.
This ferryboat ran between Petersburg on the Kentucky bank and the towns of Lawrenceburg and Aurora on the Indiana bank.
Elihu Alden named it after his daughter Pauline Alden Walton, known as "Deekie" by some family members.
circa 1910s
Scanned from a small print
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Ferryboat "Pauline" owned by Elihu Alden (1851-1935) of Petersburg, Kentucky (Ohio River mile 495)
This small ferryboat ran between Petersburg, Kentucky on the Kentucky bank and the towns of Lawrenceburg and Aurora on the Indiana bank.
It appears to be powered by a steam engine (notice the steam whistle over the pilothouse) turning a propeller.
My great grandfather Elihu Alden named it after his daughter [not sister as seen in the EXIF data] Pauline Alden Walton, known as "Deekie" by some family members.
circa 1910s [not 1920s as seen in the EXIF data]
Scanned from a photo postcard
Printed on the address side: "Made by Wm. B. Conaway, Aurora, Ind."
Tags: Ohio River ferryboat Elihu Alden
Ferryboat "Pauline" owned by Elihu Alden (1851-1935) of Petersburg, Kentucky (Ohio River mile 495)
The "Pauline" is towing a barge (with the word "Kentucky" on the starboard bow) alongside which seems to be loaded with wooden boxes looking somewhat like coffins, and some barrels.
This ferryboat ran between Petersburg on the Kentucky bank and the towns of Lawrenceburg and Aurora on the Indiana bank
Elihu Alden named it after his daughter Pauline Alden Walton, known as "Deekie" by some family members
circa 1910s
Scanned from a small print
Tags: Ohio River ferryboat Elihu Alden
Ferryboat "Pauline" owned by Elihu Alden (1851-1935) of Petersburg, Kentucky (Ohio River mile 495)
This ferryboat ran between Petersburg on the Kentucky bank and the towns of Lawrenceburg and Aurora on the Indiana bank.
Elihu Alden named it after his daughter Pauline Alden Walton, known as "Deekie" by some family members.
1918
Written on back: "Pauline in the Ice 1918"
The Ohio River froze over extensively in the winter of 1917-1918 and many boats were destroyed by the force of thick moving ice.
I don't know why the dark trim around the pilothouse roof seems to be absent in this photo. Maybe it's obscured by snow or ice, but there isn't enough detail in this small photo to be sure.
Tags: Ohio River ferryboat Elihu Alden
Probably ferryboat "Pauline" trapped in ice on Ohio River near Petersburg, Kentucky
Ohio River mile 495
probably 1918
Many boats on the upper Ohio River were crushed by ice during the bitter cold winter of 1917-1918.
As the ice goes through cycles of partial thawing and refreezing, the river's current forces it into piles of sharp-edged chunks known as ice gorges or ice jams. The grinding pressure can destroy a wooden hull.
I don't know if the "Pauline" survived the winter intact.
Tags: Ohio River ferryboat Elihu Alden