Hogsheads

ID: 2135

This file appears in: Louisville’s Steamboat Era

Hogsheads of tobacco and other agricultural products are shown being loaded and unloaded at the Louisville waterfront in this historic photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Louisville’s Steamboat Era

Louisville’s Steamboat Era

By Tim Talbott

Historical Marker #1681 in Louisville remembers that city's close association with the time when steamboats ruled the Ohio River. Louisville's location at the Falls of the Ohio River made it a prime port location for early steamboat…