New Albany as seen from Silver Hills, circa 1850.
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Artist George Morrison painted this view of New Albany about 1850. It provides a rare view of shipyards, foundries, and machine shops along the waterfront during the heyday of steamboat construction.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection
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New Albany Shipyards
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…