Looking NNW from near foot of Bingham Way.
Towboat "K.L.J. Erickson" downbound with coal barges at
Clark Bridge
.
In foreground is walkway covered with red gravel.
This temporary walkway existed for a short time during the period between the clearing of the former Martin-Marietta sand yard and the construction of
Waterfront Park.
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Twin screw towboat "K.L.J. Erickson" (doc. # 266905, length 140 feet, breadth 35 feet,
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton diesels, 2160 hp. [repowered in 1996 with GM 16-645E2 diesels, 3200 hp.]).
Built in 1954 by
St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co., St Louis, Missouri.
Originally named "A. H. Crane" and operated by Ohio River Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1969, sold to The Valley Line Co., St. Louis, and renamed "Brandon".
In 1987, sold to River Rat Marine,
Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed "Nina Sue", then "Sam Kinzeler".
In 1988, sold to
Marquette Transportation Co., Paducah.
In 1989, renamed "K.L.J. Erickson".
In 1998, sold to Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) and taken to Argentina.
At some point the boat was renamed "Cavalier II"
(see
2012 photo of "Cavalier II").
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Ohio River mile 604.
Upper gauge = approx. 20 feet.
Louisville, Kentucky
Dec. 20, 1990.
file # 90L036.
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35 mm negative (Fujicolor Super HG 200).
very bizarre colors in original scan.
