The Steamer America at Vicksburg water front. It operated with the - TopicsExpress



          

The Steamer America at Vicksburg water front. It operated with the New Orleans and Vicksburg Packet Company, running New Orleans to Vicksburg and Greenville. It was a sternwheel cotton packet. In the distance is a coal yard and the gas works. African American workers are seen handling cargo. The photo is undated but was sometime between when it was built in 1898 in Jeffersonville, Indiana at Howard Ship Yards and 1926 when it ended its service life in New Orleans.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:43:44 +0000

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