Steamboat Robert E. Lee.
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Robert E. Lee unloading cotton bales in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1874.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections.
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Robert E. Lee Steamboat
The Robert E. Lee is among the best-known steamboats built in New Albany. Completed in 1866 for Captain John W. Cannon, the Robert E. Lee cost $230,000 and was designed to be the fastest and most luxurious steamboat on the western rivers. Its…