Looking SE (upstream) from Portland Canal near 22nd St..
<p>Towboat "Billy Joe Boling" (doc. # 296549).
Crewman waiting to get back on board.
At right, sheetpile cells protect the bases of two electrical towers from damage by stray vessels during high water..
(Other cells along the canal are for mooring purposes, with posts (pins) for tying off.).
Lift span of L&amp;I Bridge in distance.
Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
18-Apr-1999.
File # 99d047.
</p><p>In the November 15, 2004, issue of <i>The New Yorker</i> magazine, there is an article (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/11/15/tight-assed-river">"Tight-Assed River"</a>) about the towboat Billy Joe Boling on the Illinois River.
See a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.risingpress.org/cnu/tight.pdf">PDF version of "Tight-Assed River"</a>.
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6x9 cm color negative.
scanned with Epson V500 flatbed scanner and Epson Scan software.
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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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