Looking NNW from Portland Canal just above
McAlpine Locks.
In foreground, props (A-frames) for
Boule movable dam are stacked on barge.
Towboat "Wayne McBride" with crane barges.
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Twin screw towboat "Wayne McBride" (doc. # 554585, length 60 feet, breadth 22 feet,
Caterpillar D353TA diesels (?), 850 hp).
Built in 1974 by
Serodino, Inc.,
Guild, Tennessee.
Originally named "Delta Dawn", owned by Flowers Transportation, Greenville, Mississippi.
In 1979, sold to Arkansas River Co., Greenville.
In 1981, renamed "Martha Amee" .
In 1991, sold to
Five M Transportation Corp., Louisville, Kentucky, and renamed "Wayne McBride".
Still operating in 2017.
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Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Jan. 25, 2001.
file # a1a045.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm E-6 transparency taken with Fuji GW690 II (90 mm lens) or Fuji GSW690 III (65 mm lens).
