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 "Ashland" downbound.
</p><p>Twin screw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(boat)" class="extiw" title="w:Pusher (boat)">towboat</a> "Ashland" (doc. # 505886, length 150 feet, breadth 44 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALCO_251" class="extiw" title="w:ALCO 251">Alco 16-251C</a> diesels, 5000 hp.) was built in 1966 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Shipbuilding</a>, St. Louis, Missouri.
Originally owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland_Inc." class="extiw" title="w:Ashland Inc.">Ashland Oil</a>, Ashland, Kentucky, the boat was transferred in 1998 to Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Ashland.
In 2005, it was transferred to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Petroleum" class="extiw" title="w:Marathon Petroleum">Marathon Petroleum Co.</a>, Findlay, Ohio.
In 2010, the boat was <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Ashland-0505886.php?pic=1&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=1">sold to Interbarge S.A.</a>, Asuncion, Paraguay, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/guillermobarrios/7616398206/">"IB San Lorenzo"</a> .
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<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>.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h055.
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35 mm E-6 slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
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<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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