Captain Thomas Humphreys

ID: 1250 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection ~ Date: 1860s

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A partner in the firm of Dowerman and Humphreys, Thomas Humphreys was one of New Albany's most successful boatbuilders. The firm's yard lay on the waterfront south of downtown.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection

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New Albany Shipyards

By Ashley Slavey, Megan Simms, Wes Cunningham, Eric Brumfield, and Katy Morrison

From the mid-1820s to the Civil War, shipbuilding fueled New Albany’s economic growth. New Albany shipyards produced $12 million worth of rivercraft by 1860. Production began in 1819 and peaked in 1856, when New Albany builders produced twenty-two…