Looking NE (upstream) from wharf near foot of 2nd Street.
In foreground, man walking on ramp to
wharf boat "Starship Landing".
[Passengers board excursion boat
"Star of Louisville" via wharf boat].
In distance, towboat "W. A. Kernan" is downbound below
JFK and
Big Four Bridges.
At right, permanently moored barges provide some protection against stray vessels or other large objects drifting downstream and hitting "Star of Louisville" while it is moored.
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Twin screw towboat "W. A. Kernan" (doc. # 559099, length 145 feet, breadth 48 feet, GM 16-645E5 diesels, 5600 hp. [later uprated to 6200 hp?]).
Built in 1974 by
Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Owned by American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville.
In 2017, refurbished and renamed "Paul Brotzge".
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Ohio River mile 604.
Upper gauge = 18 feet.
Louisville, Kentucky
Dec. 19, 1990.
file # 90L007.
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35 mm negative (Fujicolor Super HG 200).
