Looking NW (downstream) from Matthew E. Welsh Bridge between Meade Co., Kentucky, and Harrison Co., Indiana
Towboat "Ben McCool" upbound
Twin-screw towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809)
Length 100 feet, breadth 30 feet, GM diesels, 1800 hp [rebuilt in 1994 as a triple-screw boat]
Built in 1955 by Marine Welding & Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Ben McCool", owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold to Cenac Towing Co., Inc., "Jean Pierre Cenac" in 1992
Rebuilt and repowered with three Lugger LAV140A (?) diesels, 3000 hp., by Cenac Shipyard, Houma, Louisiana, in 1994
Sold to Teppco Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2008
Sold to Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2009
Renamed "Jean Pierre" in 2010
Sold to Tesza Marine, Inc., Winter Park, Florida, and sent to Columbia, South America, in 2012
The "Ben McCool" is towing (actually pushing, but it's called towing in the United States) two empty tank barges, each about 295 feet long and 54 feet wide.
The width was not chosen arbitrarily; two of these barges can fit side by side in the locks of the Mississippi River system, which are 110 feet wide.
The starboard barge is "HBL 3008", owned by Houston Barge Line. This type of tank barge is used to transport thick liquids such as asphalt. The cargo tanks are under the deck, but on deck one can see pipes for loading and unloading the cargo, diesel-powered pumps, and heaters (with rusty cylindrical exhaust pipes) which keep the cargo warm enough to be pumped out (around 300 degrees F for asphalt).
Ohio River mile 648
near Mauckport, Indiana
Oct. 1987
File # 87j082
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Matthew E. Welsh Bridge towboat towboats Ben McCool tank barge Mauckport Indiana transportation water USA United States
Looking down from Matthew E. Welsh Bridge between Meade Co., Kentucky, and Harrison Co., Indiana
Towboat "Ben McCool" upbound
Twin-screw towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809)
Length 100 feet, breadth 30 feet, GM diesels, 1800 hp [rebuilt in 1994 as a triple-screw boat]
Built in 1955 by Marine Welding & Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Ben McCool", owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold to Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Houma, Louisiana, and renamed "Jean Pierre Cenac" in 1992
Rebuilt and repowered with three Lugger LAV140A (?) diesels, 3000 hp., by Cenac Shipyard, Houma, Louisiana, in 1994
Sold to Teppco Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2008
Sold to Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2009
Renamed "Jean Pierre" in 2010
Sold to Tesza Marine, Inc., Winter Park, Florida, and sent to Columbia, South America, in 2012
The "Ben McCool" is towing (actually pushing, but it's called towing in the United States) two empty tank barges, each about 295 feet long and 54 feet wide.
The width was not chosen arbitrarily; two of these barges can fit side by side in the locks of the Mississippi River system, which are 110 feet wide.
The starboard barge is "HBL 3008", owned by Houston Barge Line. This type of tank barge is used to transport thick liquids such as asphalt. The cargo tanks are under the deck, but on deck one can see pipes for loading and unloading the cargo, diesel-powered pumps, and heaters (with rusty cylindrical exhaust pipes) which keep the cargo warm enough to be pumped out (around 300 degrees F for asphalt).
Ohio River mile 648
near Mauckport, Indiana
Oct. 1987
File # 87j083
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Matthew E. Welsh Bridge towboat towboats Ben McCool tank barge Mauckport Indiana transportation water USA United States
Looking NW down from Matthew E. Welsh Bridge between Meade Co., Kentucky, and Harrison Co., Indiana
Towboat "Ben McCool" upbound
Twin-screw towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809)
Length 100 feet, breadth 30 feet, GM diesels, 1800 hp [rebuilt in 1994 as a triple-screw boat]
Built in 1955 by Marine Welding & Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Ben McCool", owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold to Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Houma, Louisiana, and renamed "Jean Pierre Cenac" in 1992
Rebuilt and repowered with three Lugger LAV140A (?) diesels, 3000 hp., by Cenac Shipyard, Houma, Louisiana, in 1994
Sold to Teppco Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2008
Sold to Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2009
Renamed "Jean Pierre" in 2010
Sold to Tesza Marine, Inc., Winter Park, Florida, and sent to Columbia, South America, in 2012
The "Ben McCool" is towing (actually pushing, but it's called towing in the United States) two empty tank barges, each about 295 feet long and 54 feet wide.
The width was not chosen arbitrarily; two of these barges can fit side by side in the locks of the Mississippi River system, which are 110 feet wide.
The starboard barge is "HBL 3008", owned by Houston Barge Line. This type of tank barge is used to transport thick liquids such as asphalt. The cargo tanks are under the deck, but on deck one can see pipes for loading and unloading the cargo, diesel-powered pumps, and heaters (with rusty cylindrical exhaust pipes) which keep the cargo warm enough to be pumped out (around 300 degrees F for asphalt).
Ohio River mile 648
near Mauckport, Indiana
Oct. 1987
File # 87j084
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Matthew E. Welsh Bridge towboat towboats Ben McCool tank barge Mauckport Indiana transportation water USA United States
Looking down from Matthew E. Welsh Bridge between Meade Co., Kentucky, and Harrison Co., Indiana
Towboat "Ben McCool" upbound
Twin-screw towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809)
Length 100 feet, breadth 30 feet, GM diesels, 1800 hp [rebuilt in 1994 as a triple-screw boat]
Built in 1955 by Marine Welding & Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Ben McCool", owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold to Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Houma, Louisiana, and renamed "Jean Pierre Cenac" in 1992
Rebuilt and repowered with three Lugger LAV140A (?) diesels, 3000 hp., by Cenac Shipyard, Houma, Louisiana, in 1994
Sold to Teppco Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2008
Sold to Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2009
Renamed "Jean Pierre" in 2010
Sold to Tesza Marine, Inc., Winter Park, Florida, and sent to Columbia, South America, in 2012
The "Ben McCool" is towing (actually pushing, but it's called towing in the United States) two empty tank barges, each about 295 feet long and 54 feet wide.
The width was not chosen arbitrarily; two of these barges can fit side by side in the locks of the Mississippi River system, which are 110 feet wide.
The starboard barge is "HBL 3008", owned by Houston Barge Line. This type of tank barge is used to transport thick liquids such as asphalt. The cargo tanks are under the deck, but on deck one can see pipes for loading and unloading the cargo, diesel-powered pumps, and heaters (with rusty cylindrical exhaust pipes) which keep the cargo warm enough to be pumped out (around 300 degrees F for asphalt).
Ohio River mile 648
near Mauckport, Indiana
Oct. 1987
File # 87j085
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Matthew E. Welsh Bridge towboat towboats Ben McCool tank barge Mauckport Indiana transportation water USA United States
Looking NW down from Matthew E. Welsh Bridge between Meade Co., Kentucky, and Harrison Co., Indiana
Towboat "Ben McCool" upbound
Twin-screw towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809)
Length 100 feet, breadth 30 feet, GM diesels, 1800 hp [rebuilt in 1994 as a triple-screw boat]
Built in 1955 by Marine Welding & Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Ben McCool", owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold to Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Houma, Louisiana, and renamed "Jean Pierre Cenac" in 1992
Rebuilt and repowered with three Lugger LAV140A (?) diesels, 3000 hp., by Cenac Shipyard, Houma, Louisiana, in 1994
Sold to Teppco Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2008
Sold to Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2009
Renamed "Jean Pierre" in 2010
Sold to Tesza Marine, Inc., Winter Park, Florida, and sent to Columbia, South America, in 2012
The "Ben McCool" is towing (actually pushing, but it's called towing in the United States) two empty tank barges, each about 295 feet long and 54 feet wide.
The width was not chosen arbitrarily; two of these barges can fit side by side in the locks of the Mississippi River system, which are 110 feet wide.
The starboard barge is "HBL 3008", owned by Houston Barge Line. This type of tank barge is used to transport thick liquids such as asphalt. The cargo tanks are under the deck, but on deck one can see pipes for loading and unloading the cargo, diesel-powered pumps, and heaters (with rusty cylindrical exhaust pipes) which keep the cargo warm enough to be pumped out (around 300 degrees F for asphalt).
Ohio River mile 648
near Mauckport, Indiana
Oct. 1987
File # 87j086
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Matthew E. Welsh Bridge towboat towboats Ben McCool tank barge Mauckport Indiana transportation water USA United States