Wooten River Service.
Towboat "Kayo" (doc. # 636184) tied off.
Ohio River mile 599.
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j215.
Built in 1981 by Greenville Shipbuilding Corp. and owned by RAE Towing, Harahan, La., this boat was originally named "Terri" and later "Kayo Mutchler." In 1994 the boat was sold to John's Towing Co., Shippingport, Pa., and renamed "Lori Johnson," and in 1995, it was sold again and taken to Surinam with the new name "Kestrel." The "Speedway" (doc. # 662083) was once named "Lori Johnson" and there is also a currently (2012) operating boat named "Lori Johnson" (doc. # 542067).
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
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Wooten River Service.
Towboat "Eleanor W" (doc. # 249286) tied off.
Ohio River mile 599.
3732 Utica Pike.
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j262.
This boat was built in 1946 by E. C. Coughenour Boiler Works Co., Huntington, W. Va., apparently the only boat built by that company. Originally named "Sharon," the boat was later renamed "Clem Beatty" and then "Eleanor W" after being bought in 1957 by Wooten River Service & Supply, Louisville, Kentucky (dock is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana). The "Eleanor W" was owned by Wooten until at least 2004. As of 2012, the boat was listed under the name "Journey," owned by Headed Home LLC, Ashland, Ky.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
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