Captain Thomas Humphreys
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A partner in the firm of Dowerman and Humphreys, Thomas Humphreys was one of New Albany's most successful boatbuilders. The firm's yard lay on the waterfront south of downtown.
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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…