"Foot of the Shoot: Receiving the Cotton-Bales on Board the Steamer," May, 1861 From the pier, the bales are being loaded onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. From the Illustrated London News.

"Cotton-Shoot on the Alabama," May, 1861, Loading cotton onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. The cotton bales are delivered to the pier through a long chute. From the Illustrated London News.

Loading cotton onto the steamboat "Magnolia" on the Alabama River. The cotton bales are delivered to the pier through a long chute. From Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, May 1861

Interior of a steamboat on the Tombigbee River 1880-1910

Steamboat "Tinsie Moore" docked in Montgomery, Alabama, 1892

Unloading cotton from the steamboat "City of Knoxville" at Decatur, Alabama, 1880-1889

Steamboat Alabama loading or unloading cotton, 1890-1910

"Slaves Shipping Cotton by Torch Light - River Alabama." 1840-1870