Looking NW from Cox Park.
Towboat "Miss Jules" (documentation number 626199) tied off.
Ohio River mile 600.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j110.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats coxpark Miss Jules transportation water USA United States
Looking WNW from Cox Park.
Towboats "C. V. Sorenson" (doc. # 581143) and "Robert R. Jewell" (doc. # 584932) tied off just below boat ramp.
Many tows were delayed by temporary closure of 1200-foot lock at McAlpine.
Ohio River mile 600.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j175.
The C. V. Sorenson is now (2012) named J. Andrew Eckstein and the Robert R. Jewell is named Capt. James Anderson.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats coxpark C. V. Sorenson Robert R. Jewell transportation water USA United States
Looking NW from Cox Park.
Towboat "C. V. Sorenson" (doc. # 581143) tied off at boat ramp.
Ohio River mile 600.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j177.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats coxpark cvsorenson transportation water USA United States
Looking NE from Cox Park.
Towboat "C. V. Sorenson" (doc. # 581143) tied off to federal mooring buoy.
The Corps of Engineers used to put these buoys out every fall, but I haven't seen them in recent years (as of 2012).
Ohio River mile 600.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j178.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats coxpark cvsorenson buoy transportation water USA United States
Cox Park boat ramp.
Towboats "H. R. LaBar" (doc. # 530090), in front, and "Midland" (doc. # 622755) tied off.
Sears aluminum dinghy at lower right.
Ohio River mile 600.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j213.
Built in 1970 by Jeffboat for M/G Transport Services, in 1994 "H. R. LaBar" was bought by Ingram Barge Co. and renamed "Craig E. Philip". In 2010 the boat was renamed "G. Allen Oldham".
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
Tags: river Ohio River Louisville Kentucky towboat towboats coxpark H. R. LaBar transportation water USA United States