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).
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky
Looking SE from west end of Harrison Ave.
Falls of the Ohio are covered by high water.
Driftwood in foreground.
In distance, buildings in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, can be seen beyond trees on Goose Island.
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Ohio River mile 606.
Lower gauge = 45 feet.
Clarksville, Indiana
Dec. 19, 1990.
file # 90L024.
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35 mm negative (Fujicolor Super HG 200).
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky Clarksville Indiana
Detail showing how chromogenic film image is made of dye clouds (similar to grain in black-and-white silver halide film).
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Looking SE from west end of Harrison Ave.
Falls of the Ohio are covered by high water.
Driftwood in foreground.
In distance, buildings in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, can be seen beyond trees on Goose Island.
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Ohio River mile 606.
Lower gauge = 45 feet.
Clarksville, Indiana
Dec. 19, 1990.
file # 90L024.
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35 mm negative (Fujicolor Super HG 200).
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky skyline grainy
Looking NNW from near foot of Bingham Way.
Towboat "K.L.J. Erickson" downbound with coal barges at Clark Bridge
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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.
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky bridge towboat
Looking E from top deck of "Starship Landing" (wharf boat for excursion boat "Star of Louisville").
Left of center, permanently moored barges provide some protection against stray vessels or other large objects drifting downstream and hitting "Star of Louisville" while it is moored.
At right, Waterfront Development Corp. building, which formerly housed offices of sand yard at this location (operated by Martin Marietta, and before that, Ohio River Sand Company).
The ground floor contains little more than a stairwell and elevator shaft; the offices on the upper floors are raised above most floods.
Beyond the building, the sand yard has been cleared before construction of Waterfront Park.
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Ohio River mile 604.
Upper gauge = approx. 20 feet.
Louisville, Kentucky
Dec. 20, 1990.
file # 90L039.
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35 mm negative (Fujicolor Super HG 200).
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky