Looking NE from Waterfront Park just below JFK Bridge:
Towboat "Magnolia" upbound between JFK and Big Four Bridges.
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Twin screw towboat "Magnolia" (doc. # 530803, length 141 feet, breadth 34 feet, GM 16-567DE2 diesels, 3800 hp.).
Built in 1971 by Greenville Shipbuilding Corp., Greenville, Mississippi.
Originally named "Jim Vickers", owned by Vickers Towing Co., Greenville.
In 1992, sold to Magnolia Marine Transport Co., Jackson, Mississippi, and renamed "Magnolia".
Still operating in 2018.
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Ohio River mile 603.
Louisville, Kentucky.
July 19, 2002.
file # A2G028.
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Canon PowerShot A40 (2-megapixel digital camera).
IMG_0097.
JPEG quality 98.
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Looking WNW from Waterfront Park near Adventure Playground:.
Big Four Bridge.
Foliage includes aster, goldenrod, ragweed and foxtail(?).
Ohio River mile 603
Jeff. Co., Ky.
14-Oct-2005.
a5j009.
Kodak 400UC film. 65 mm lens.
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Looking NNW from I-64 overlooking River Road between Clay St. [later Witherspoon St.] and Adams St..
Holloway Ready-Mix concrete plant, 1220 River Road, with tilt mixer at right, so-named because the mixing drum is raised and tilted to pour the concrete into the truck.
[The 1982 Louisville City Directory lists 1220 River Road as "vacant", while the 1977 Directory lists it as "American Oil Co. (Terminal)".]
At Riverway Louisville Terminal, 1201 River Road, a large pile of road salt is covered by a striped tarp weighed down by old tires connected with rope.
As of 2013, Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill (1201 River Road) is located just left of the salt piles, about where the blue hopper is in this photo.
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Ohio River mile 603.
Louisville, Kentucky.
January 1988.
File # 88a081.
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From The History of Riverway:
"On January 4, 1972, an enterprise that eventually became Riverway Louisville Terminal Co. began operation primarily loading and unloading coal, fertilizer, salt and steel. Located at mile 603 on the Ohio River, the terminal occupied approximately 14 acres of property with nearly 1100 feet of river frontage footage. Situated on the site were eight liquid storage tanks with total holding capacity of 110,000 barrels of fuel or 20,300 tons of liquid fertilizer. A petroleum dock was situated just west of a barge loading area. Six rail lines could accommodate up to 100 rail cars. The conveyor belt could load or off-load 700 tons of coal per hour.
The reasoning behind owning a terminal in Louisville was quite simple -- grain loadings from St. Paul to New Orleans, salt from New Orleans to Louisville and coal from Louisville to St. Paul. The strategy never entirely worked out, but the terminal was quite successful. The terminal property was donated to the City of Louisville in 1995 as part of the Waterfront Development Initiative."
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
JPEG quality 95.
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Looking NNW from Waterfront Park toward Towhead Island:
Women rowers training, with coach in jonboat using bullhorn to give instructions.
Ohio River mile 603
Louisville, Kentucky
05-Oct-2004.
File # a4j006
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Looking NNW from I-64 overlooking River Road between Clay St. [later Witherspoon St.] and Adams St.
Eastern part of site of Holloway Ready-Mix concrete plant, 1220 River Road.
At left is the end of a conveyor belt which feeds aggregate into the tilt mixer.
Storage tank at right.
[The 1982 Louisville City Directory lists 1220 River Road as "vacant", while the 1977 Directory lists it as "American Oil Co. (Terminal)", so the storage tank may have once been part of the American Oil terminal.]
At Riverway Louisville Terminal, 1201 River Road, a large pile of road salt is covered by a striped tarp weighed down by old tires connected with rope, but other salt piles appear to be uncovered.
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Ohio River mile 603.
Louisville, Kentucky.
January 1988.
File # 88a083.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
From The History of Riverway:
"On January 4, 1972, an enterprise that eventually became Riverway Louisville Terminal Co. began operation primarily loading and unloading coal, fertilizer, salt and steel. Located at mile 603 on the Ohio River, the terminal occupied approximately 14 acres of property with nearly 1100 feet of river frontage footage. Situated on the site were eight liquid storage tanks with total holding capacity of 110,000 barrels of fuel or 20,300 tons of liquid fertilizer. A petroleum dock was situated just west of a barge loading area. Six rail lines could accommodate up to 100 rail cars. The conveyor belt could load or off-load 700 tons of coal per hour.
The reasoning behind owning a terminal in Louisville was quite simple -- grain loadings from St. Paul to New Orleans, salt from New Orleans to Louisville and coal from Louisville to St. Paul. The strategy never entirely worked out, but the terminal was quite successful. The terminal property was donated to the City of Louisville in 1995 as part of the Waterfront Development Initiative."
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
JPEG quality 95.
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky River Road aggregate riverwaylouisvilleterminal hollowayreadymix road salt USA United States