Peter Tellon

ID: 1251 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection ~ Creator: George Morrison ~ Date: Date unknown

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With his partner Jacob Alford, Peter Tellon ran one of New Albany's most successful shipyards. Located on the waterfront between West Fourth and West Sixth streets, it produced steamboats such as the Peter Tellon, the Robert J. Ward, and the D.B. Campbell. Tellon also built a large foundry and several machine shops.
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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…