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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6R_marine-royalty-red-coats_Paducah-KY.html
On July 2, 1996, the City of Paducah was visited by marine royalty. All three of the Delta Queen Steamboat Company's boats docked simultaneously at the Port of Paducah. The Delta Queen, Mississippi Queen and American Queen frequent this community …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6O_christening-the-towboat-eleanor_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah has long been the foremost hub of the inland marine waterways. Thus, many towboat companies have located here.The christening of the Towboat Eleanor is indicative of the significance of each new vessel that joins the home fleet of the Port…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6K_wheel-repair_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah, being located at the confluence of the ohio and Tennessee rivers and within close proximity of the Cumberland and Mississippi, is the hub of the river industry. Two major shipyards serve the Port of Paducah: James Marine and Walker Boat Y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6J_paducah-marine-supply-and-service_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah Marine Supply and Service, owned and operated by Hougland Barge Line, was one of the first floating boat stores on the inland waterways.The operation had its own fleet of towboats, barges and a machine and carpentry shop. Houghland Barge L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6I_area-riverbeds_Paducah-KY.html
Area riverbeds are rich with mussels whose shells, when polished, have a luster suitable for processing into "pearl" buttons. In the late 19th century, mussels were harvested by brailing from the river bottoms; they were then cooked in vats for me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6G_lock-and-dam-52_Paducah-KY.html
Lock and Dam 52, completed in 1928, is located at Ohio River Mile 939.9. This site, and Lock and Dam 53, are the only remaining movable wicket dams on the Ohio. Both will be removed when the Olmsted Locks and Dam become operational. When the navig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6E_paducahs-riverfront_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah's Riverfront was a critical break-in-bulk point on the nation's inland waterways system. Cargo from deeper draft vessels, as well as passengers and mail, would be loaded and unloaded on to packet boats that ran regular routes on the Tennes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6C_construction-in-the-1840s_Paducah-KY.html
Construction in the 1840's, the two-story Greek Revival structure overlooking the Paducah riverfront was originally the location of the Branch Bank of Louisville, one of the community's first banks. After the Civil War, the building was used for m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6A_visitors-coming-to-paducah_Paducah-KY.html
Visitors coming to Paducah by boat in the early part of the twentieth~century would have been greeted by the hustle and bustle of a riverfront lined with hotels, warehouses, packet boat offices, lumber yards, supply houses, iron foundries, maritim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX69_may-1913-paducah-homecoming_Paducah-KY.html
In May, 1913, Paducah held a homecoming celebration to excite and entertain the public and to offset the negative image of the city given the nation by media reports of the flood that year. The first event had Mayor Thomas N. Hazelip welcoming the…