Eclipse

ID: 1253 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection ~ Date: 1857

This file appears in: New Albany Shipyards

Built in 1852, the Eclipse was among the most luxurious boats of its time. It won acclaim for racing the A. L. Shotwell in a celebrated race that failed to produce a victor.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collections.

This file appears in: New Albany Shipyards

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…