88E523 - Looking ESE from just upriver from foot of Spring Street, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Ohio River mile 602, May 1988.
Boat docks and houseboat "Our Miss Take."
There's a party going on.
Tags: Ohio River Indiana Jeffersonville
88E529 - Looking southwest from Clark Bridge with 'Miss Jules' and tow downbound passing wharf, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 604, May 1988
There is a long line of people waiting to board the steamer "Belle of Louisville"
MISS JULES (doc. number 626199)
Twin screw towboat, built in 1980 by Eymard & Sons Shipyard, Harvey, La. 65 x 24. GM 16V-92 diesels, 1200 hp. Twin Disc red. 7:1.
Originally named MISS JULES, owned by Kaltow, Inc., St. Louis
Operated by CGB Marine Services, Naples, Ill., for Consolidated Grain & Barge Co., St. Louis, until transferred 1990 to Superior Barge Lines, Inc., St. Louis.
Operated 1991-1993 by Olympic Marine Co., St. Louis.
Operated 1993-94 by Midway Marine, Inc., St. Louis, then by Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc., Granite City, Ill.
Sold in April 2004 and renamed AMY SUE by Terral RiverService, Inc., Lake Providence, La.
In 2011, the boat began taking on water on the Ouachita River near West Monroe, Louisiana, and had to be steered into the riverbank to prevent it from sinking.
Present whereabouts unknown.
Tags: Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats
88F011 - Looking northwest from I-64 near foot of 3rd Street with steamer "Belle of Louisville" and wharf boat , Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 604, June 1988
The "Belle of Louisville" is apparently about to depart on a day cruise
The Belle's wharf boat, once a Coast Guard lifesaving station, is at right
Conrail Bridge (Fourteenth Street Bridge) is in the distance
Tags: Ohio River Louisville Kentucky
88F023 - Looking northwest from I-64 just upriver from Clark Bridge, with new 'Starship Landing' wharf boat, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 604, June 1988
The recently moored "Starship Landing" is the wharf boat for the "Star of Louisville" dinner boat
The towboat "Hugh B. Steger" is downbound below the bridge
Tags: Ohio River Louisville Kentucky
88F055 - Blessing of the Fleet at Turners Park, 3125 Upper River Road, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 600, June 1988
The Blessing of the Fleet is a tradition which began at least 500 years ago in Mediterranean fishing communities and has spread around the world to include vessels other than fishing boats.
Standing on an elevated platform are the three "princesses" with flowers to be tossed into the river at the appropriate time.
In the foreground is a boy with a toy boat on a cord which will also be tossed into the water.
On the foredeck of the Boy Scout and Coast Guard Auxiliary boat "Zachary Taylor II" is the priest (wearing a yellow stole) who will sprinkle some recreational boats with Holy Water to ensure a safe boating season.
He will then travel downriver to bless the steamer "Belle of Louisville" at the Louisville wharf.
Tags: Ohio River Louisville Kentucky
