Looking NE from Portland Canal just above McAlpine Locks:
Towboat "Dorothy Lee" tied off with two asphalt barges.
Towboat "Amber Brittany" upbound in distance.
Lock gate is under construction at Corps of Engineers.
repair station across canal.
Ohio River mile 606
Jeff. Co., Ky.
15-Oct-2005.
a5j016.
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Looking NNW from Portland Canal just above McAlpine Locks.
Towboat "Margaret M. Igert" (doc. # 272036) tied off while waiting to lock down.
Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j204.
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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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Looking NNW from Portland Canal just above McAlpine Locks.
In foreground, props (A-frames) for Boule movable dam are stacked on barge.
Towboat "Wayne McBride" with crane barges.
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Twin screw towboat "Wayne McBride" (doc. # 554585, length 60 feet, breadth 22 feet, Caterpillar D353TA diesels (?), 850 hp).
Built in 1974 by Serodino, Inc., Guild, Tennessee.
Originally named "Delta Dawn", owned by Flowers Transportation, Greenville, Mississippi.
In 1979, sold to Arkansas River Co., Greenville.
In 1981, renamed "Martha Amee" .
In 1991, sold to Five M Transportation Corp., Louisville, Kentucky, and renamed "Wayne McBride".
Still operating in 2017.
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Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Jan. 25, 2001.
file # a1a045.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm E-6 transparency taken with Fuji GW690 II (90 mm lens) or Fuji GSW690 III (65 mm lens).
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Portland Canal near 20th St.
"Vicksburg" downbound.
"Mama Lere" and "Cliff Webster" upbound.
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Triple screw towboat "Vicksburg" (doc. # 290399, length 119 feet, breadth 36 feet, GM 12-567A diesels, 2700 hp.).
Built in 1963 by Vicksburg Towing Co., Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Originally owned by Magnolia Towing Co., Vicksburg.
In 1966, sold to Missouri River Barge Lines, Overland Park, Kansas.
In 1987, transferred to Valley Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1992, sold to American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Sometime after 2007, renamed "Hallelujah Chibb", owned by Chibbco Equipment.
Documentation expired in 2011.
Twin screw towboat "Mama Lere" (doc. # 264863, length 132 feet, width 30 feet, GM 16-645C diesels, 3800 hp.).
Built in 1953 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, Tennessee.
I think the boat was named for Valere Blair Potter, who was called Mama Lere by her children and grandchildren. She was the wife of Justin Potter, founder of the Nashville Coal Co.
Originally owned by Nashville Coal, Paducah, Kentucky.
In 1965, sold to Chemical Towing Service, Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1967, sold to Valley Towing Service, Memphis.
In 1983, sold to Triangle Marine, Greenville, Mississippi.
In 1994, sold to Northstar Navigation, Paducah.
In 2004, sold to Millenium Trading Corp., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Coast Guard vessel documentation site shows 2004 as the year of the boat's most recent documentation and lists the boat's name as "PB 131".
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Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
March 22, 2001.
file # a1c047.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm Fuji NPS color negative, taken with Fuji rangefinder.
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Portland Canal upriver from McAlpine Locks:
Corps of Engineers workboat "Emerson-Meredith" (LD-765) with maneuver boat (left) and old cranes from tainter gates.
The cranes were mounted on rails running along the top of the gate structure and were used to install maintenance bulkheads. They have been replaced with newer cranes. P&H stands for Pawling and Harnischfeger, the manufacturer's founders.
The maneuver boat was used to raise and lower the old wicket dams. It is missing its derrick.
In background are replacement gates to be used if miter gates in 1200-foot lock are damaged.
(Quick replacement is necessary since there is no auxiliary lock during construction of new 1200-foot lock.)
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Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
July 18, 2002.
file # A2G010.
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Canon PowerShot A40 (2-megapixel digital camera).
JPEG quality 98.
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