<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredging" class="extiw" title="w:Dredging">Dredging</a> below <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/Locks-and-Dams/McAlpine-Locks-and-Dam/">McAlpine Locks</a>.
<p>"Buddy" backing to pull anchor lift cable off of winch drum.
In distance are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredging#Cutter-suction" class="extiw" title="w:Dredging">cutterhead dredge</a> "Bill Holman" and piers of K&amp;I Bridge.
</p><p>Twin screw towboat "Buddy" (doc. # 630004, length 50 feet, breadth 20 feet, Caterpillar 3408 diesels, 730 hp)
This boat has a pair of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear_legs" class="extiw" title="w:Shear legs">sheerlegs</a> and a winch at the bow, allowing it to hoist and move the anchors which enable the dredge to swing from side to side
Built in 1980 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/serodino.htm">Serodino</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild,_Tennessee" class="extiw" title="w:Guild, Tennessee">Guild, Tennessee</a>
Owned by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.luhr.com/">Luhr Bros.</a>, Columbia, Illinois
Still operating in 2018
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 607.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
July 24, 2002.
file # a2g085.
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IMG_0308.
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Canon PowerShot A40 digital camera.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/42393486934/">a2g085: Buddy backing to pull anchor lift cable off of winch drum</a>