JeffBoat was formed in 1939, immediately prior to WWII, as Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company, on the site previously occupied by Howard's Shipyard, one on which ships, boats and barges had been built since 1834.  JeffBoat was a major builder of LSTs during WWII - wartime employment peaked at 13,000 - and then became the leading inland builder of towboats and barges that it still is today.  It has built over 10,000 vessels so far, including over 8,000 inland barges.  The table below includes only those barges contracted from 1998 through 2004: click here to see the record from 1989 through 1997 and here for the record from 2005 through 2009.  This record is complete, having been provided by the company.  The record of barge construction before 1989 is still being developed.  See the record of construction of self-propelled vessels here.  Visit the shipyard at www.jeffboat.com and see it from the air on Google here.