88E474 - Looking northwest on Burnett Ave from intersection with Hickory St., in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, May 1988
The Charles Heitzman Bakery and the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church are at left.
In 2015 the Heitzman Bakery building became the home of the Monnik Beer Company.
Right of center are the twin stacks of the refuse incinerator on Meriwether Ave., which operated from the mid-1950s until some time in the 1990s.
It is now the site of Louisville Metro's waste reduction center, including electronic waste and tires.
Tags: Louisville Kentucky Schnitzelburg street road
88E487 - Looking east on pedestrian bridge over train tracks at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, May 1988
The tracks run along the east side of campus between Floyd and Brook Streets. When trains were stopped, students would sometimes crawl under them or climb over them at the couplings, particularly if they were late for class. I think there is now (2024) a parking garage where the surface lot was at the time of this photo.
Tags: Louisville Kentucky footbridge pedestrian bridge
88E489 - Looking southwest from pedestrian walkway over train tracks, with CSX locomotives, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, May 1988
The tracks run along the east side of Belknap campus (see map) between Floyd and Brook Streets. The Houchens Building is in the right foreground. The white-roofed building is the Crawford Gym which opened in 1964 and was demolished in 2016 to make way for the Belknap Academic Building.
CSX Transportation was created in the 1980s from the merger of the Chessie System and the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (aka Family Lines) which already owned the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. There are 6 locomotives in the photo, the first 5 of which are painted in Chessie or Seaboard colors, while the last one has "CSX" painted on it.
The lead locomotive is Seaboard System 8523 (an EMD SD50).
Next is Chessie System 4259 (an EMD GP40-2).
Next is Chessie System 5566 (?).
Tags: Louisville Kentucky locomotive train University of Louisville
88E495 - Looking east from K&I Bridge with towboat "Steel Clipper" departing main lock at McAlpine Locks, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 607, May 1988
There were 3 locks at McAlpine Locks in 1988, though the 360-foot lock at center had already been closed and decommissioned. The 1200-foot lock at left was completed in the early 1960s and the 600-foot lock at right was completed in the early 1920s.
To allow vehicular traffic to get to and from Shippingport Island, there is a bascule bridge over the 1200-foot lock at left and a swing span over the two smaller locks.
The 2 smaller locks were replaced with a 1200-foot lock completed in 2009. A high beam bridge (with faux-suspension elements) was built over the locks around that time, eliminating the need for movable bridges.
The twin-screw towboat "Steel Clipper" (documentation # 507944) was built in 1967 by Dravo Corp. at Neville Island, Pa.
It is 168 feet long and 40 feet wide.
It was owned by Ohio Barge Line, Dravosburg, Pa., until 1984, when Ohio Barge Line was sold to Ingram Barge Co., Nashville, Tenn.
In 1990, the boat was repowered with GM 16-645E6 diesels, 3900 hp. Lufkin red. 4.08:1. Kort nozzles.
[I don't know what kind of engines it had before 1990.]
In 1996, the boat was renamed "Thomas R. Vorholt".
In 2010, it was renamed "James Paul Ayers".
In 2022, the boat was sold to Imperial River Transport LLC, Dunlevy, Pennsylvania and renamed "Mackenzie Rose".
Tags: Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats navigation lock McAlpine Locks infrastructure
88E496 - Looking east-northeast from K&I Bridge with towboat "Steel Clipper" departing main lock, downbound, at McAlpine Locks, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 607, May 1988
"Steel Clipper" is just clearing the lower miter gates of the 1200-foot main lock at McAlpine Locks and the 15-barge tow is flush with the lower guide wall, which is also 1200 feet long. There are 7 covered hopper barges and 8 open hopper barges of coal in the tow. At far left is Sand Island, and there is a chute between the back side of the guide wall and Sand Island. Small boats often pass through this area to get to fishing spots near the hydro plant or further upstream in the Falls of the Ohio. A warning whistle is blown when water from the lock is released into this area, since the rapid release creates turbulence that can be dangerous for some small craft.
"Steel Clipper" (documentation # 507944) was built in 1967 by Dravo Corp. at Neville Island, Pa.
168 feet long, 40 feet wide.
It was owned by Ohio Barge Line, Dravosburg, Pa., until 1984, when Ohio Barge Line was sold to Ingram Barge Co., Nashville, Tenn.
In 1990, the boat was repowered with GM 16-645E6 diesels, 3900 hp. Lufkin red. 4.08:1. Kort nozzles.
[I don't know what kind of engines it had before 1990.]
In 1996, the boat was renamed "Thomas R. Vorholt".
In 2010, it was renamed "James Paul Ayers".
In 2022, the boat was sold to Imperial River Transport LLC, Dunlevy, Pennsylvania and renamed "Mackenzie Rose".
Tags: Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats navigation lock McAlpine Locks infrastructure barges
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