Main (1200-foot) lock at McAlpine Locks.
<p>"Tri-State" (doc. # 537180) departing main lock, upbound..
Ohio River mile 607.
Louisville, Ky..
8-Mar-1999.
99c010.
</p><p>"Tri-State" (133x35, twin GM 16-645 diesels, 3800 hp) built 1972 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/inactive/greenville.htm">Greenville Shipbuilding Corp.</a>, Greenville, Mississippi.
Originally named "Nita Vickers", owned by Vickers Towing Co., Greenville.
Sold 1974 to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland_Inc." class="extiw" title="w:Ashland Inc.">Ashland, Inc.</a>, and renamed "Tri-State".
Transferred 1998 to Marathon Ashland Petroleum..
Firm name changed 2005 to Marathon Petroleum Co., Ashland, Kentucky.
Sold 2010 to Parker Towing Co., Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Temple_Huckabee-0537180.php">"Temple Huckabee"</a>.
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Kodak 400VC, 6x9 cm, Epson V500, Vuescan, medium infrared clean.
<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/6638054981/">99c010_8mp: Tri-State</a>