Looking ESE from Clark Bridge.
Lead barges in tow of "Daniel Webster" (doc. # 288062) downbound.
Port of Louisville terminal at left.
Martin Marietta sand yard at right.
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h010.
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35 mm E-6 slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats danielwebster transportation water USA United States
Looking SE from Clark Bridge.
"Daniel Webster" (doc. # 288062) downbound.
Martin Marietta sand yard on Kentucky bank.
Twin-screw towboat "Daniel Webster" (doc. # 288062)
Length 164 feet - Breadth 40 feet - GM 16-645E7B diesels, repowered 2007, 6140 hp.
Built 1962 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO
Originally owned by A. L. Mechling Barge Lines, Joliet, IL
Transferred to Union Mechling Corp., New Orleans, LA 1973
Transferred to Dravo Mechling Corp., New Orleans, LA 1980
Leased to Western Kentucky Navigation, Inc., Paducah, KY 1986-2005
Sold to National Marine, Inc., New Orleans, LA 1988
Sold to American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville, IN 1998
Sold to Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati, OH, renamed "C. H. Martin" 2005
Sold to Marquette Transportation Co. LLC, Paducah, KY 2007
Renamed "Darin Adrian" 2008
[Not to be confused with a different boat named "Darin Adrian" (doc. # 266359) between 1992 and 2008]
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h011.
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35 mm E-6 slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats Daniel Webster transportation water USA United States
Looking W from Clark Bridge.
Towboat "Leonidas Polk" (doc. # 284580) downbound.
At Louisville wharf are Boy Scout boat "Zachary Taylor II", wharf boat "Mayor Andrew Broaddus", and steamer "Belle of Louisville".
Twin screw towboat "Leonidas Polk" (doc. # 284580, length 145 feet, width 35 feet, GM 16-567DMT diesels, 4300 hp., retractable pilothouse)
Built in 1961 by Southern Shipbuilding Corp., Slidell, Louisiana
Originally named "Leonidas Polk", owned by Canal Barge Co., New Orleans
[Possibly named for the Episcopal bishop and Confederate general who in 1860 founded the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and in 1864 was killed in action.]
Sold in 1991 to Coastal Towing, Houston, and renamed "Ginger Griffin New"
Sold in 2000 to FMT Industries LLC and renamed "Big D" (operated by Florida Marine Transporters, New Orleans)
Sold in 2007 to Accumarine Transportation LP, Mobile, Alabama, and renamed "Accu II"
Sold in 2008 to South American interests
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h016.
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35 mm E-6 slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats Leonidas Polk transportation water USA United States
Looking W from Clark Bridge.
Towboat "F. M. Baker" (doc. # 575826) upbound.
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h020.
Twin screw towboat "F. M. Baker" (length 140 feet, width 42 feet, GM 16-645E7 diesels, 5600 hp) was built in 1976 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pa., and at time of photo was operated by Indiana Michigan Power Co., Lakin, W. Va., a subsidiary of American Electric Power.
In 2005, the boat was renamed "Leonard L. Whittington."
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35 mm E-6 slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats F. M. Baker transportation water USA United States
Looking W from Clark Bridge.
Driving piles for wharf extension.
An H-pile is being hoisted into position before the pile driver drives it into the riverbed sediment.
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h021.
.
35 mm E-6 slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky wharf pile driving USA United States