There are some steamboat and river photos on the Ky Historical society web site. Here is a link for a photo of the City of Louisville in the throes of ice at Cincinnati in 1918:
http://162.114.3.83:2005/cdm4/item_v...OPTR=57&REC=12
and the Island Queen and Princess in the same ice:
http://162.114.3.83:2005/cdm4/item_v...PTR=145&REC=13
and Bryant's Showboat and the Valley Belle on the Ky River at Gratz, KY:
http://162.114.3.83:2005/cdm4/item_v...PTR=221&REC=18
A steamboat on fire at Cincinnati. No date. Can anyone identify this boat?
http://162.114.3.83:2005/cdm4/item_v...PTR=322&REC=10
If you go to the Ky Historical Society digital collections search site at
http://162.114.3.83:2005/cdm4/search.php
you can type in a key word such as river or steamboat and find many pictures.
-Jim Herron