Looking E from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvedere" class="extiw" title="w:Belvedere">Belvedere</a> between 4th and 5th Sts.
<p>Steamer <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/nhl/belle.htm">"Belle of Louisville"</a> (doc. # 212813) docked at wharf near foot of 4th St.
Pink barges near 3rd St. are Splash bar and Islands restaurant.
I-64 at right
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Dec. 1987.
File # 87l054.
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This steamboat was built in 1914 by James Rees and Sons Co., Pittsburgh.
Originally named "Idlewild", the boat was owned by West Memphis Packet Co. and operated variously as a packet, excursion boat and ferry.
In 1928, the boat was sold to New St. Louis and Calhoun Packet Corp., Hardin, Illinois.
In 1947, the boat was sold to J. Herod Gorsage, Peoria, Ill.
In 1948, the boat was renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://steamboats.com/museum/davetnewerboats.html">"Avalon"</a>.
In 1950, the boat was sold to Steamer Avalon Inc., Cincinnati.
In 1962, the boat was sold to Jefferson County, Ky., and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belleoflouisville.org/">"Belle of Louisville"</a>.
In 1968, the boat was rebuilt by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Ind.
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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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