Looking down from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark_Memorial_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge">Clark Bridge</a>.
<p>Towboat "Susan C. McBride" (doc. # 241557) upbound with cement barge.
</p><p>Twin screw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(boat)" class="extiw" title="w:Pusher (boat)">towboat</a> "Susan C. McBride" (148x31, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks-Morse" class="extiw" title="w:Fairbanks-Morse">F-M diesels</a>, repowered 1971, 3400 hp) built 1942 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/calumet.htm">Calumet Ship Yard &amp; Dry Dock Co.</a>, Chicago, Illinois.
Originally <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Susan_C_McBride-0241557.php?pic=10&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Tri-State"</a>, owned by Ashland Oil &amp; Refining Co.
Had first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_radar" class="extiw" title="w:Marine radar">radar</a> on inland rivers, 1946.
Sold 1960 to Reliable Towing Co., renamed "Reliable".
Sold 1965 to Tennessee Towing, Inc., Memphis, TN.
Sold 1968 to Elk Towing Co., Point Pleasant, WV, and renamed "Diane Bosworth" later that year.
Sold 1970 to M/G Transport Services, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.
Transferred later in 1970 to Jeffboat, Inc., Jeffersonville, IN.
Sold 1971 to McBride Towing Co., Inc., Harrods Creek, KY, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmschneid/14229750287/">"Susan C. McBride"</a>.
Documentation expired 2012.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 604.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
Sept. 1987.
File # 87i024.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
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edited with Picture Window 4
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/7298301620/">87i024: Susan C. McBride</a>