Looking NNW from 27th St. at McAlpine Locks.
<p>Towboat "Pere Marquette" (doc. # 571622) departing 600-foot lock, upbound.
Few towboats have superstructures painted other than white.
Ohio River mile 607.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j239.
</p><p>This 110 x 34 foot towboat was built in 1975 by Dravo for Inland Oil and Transport Co. Originally named "Lady Frances," the boat did not enter service until 1978, when it was acquired by Marquette Transportation Co., Cassville, Wisconsin, and renamed "Pere Marquette." At time of this photo (Oct. 1987), the boat was operated by Dravo Mechling Corp., New Orleans, but in 1988 was sold to National Marine and in 1998 to American Commercial Barge Line, Jeffersonville, Indiana. In 2006 the boat was renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Joseph_M_Hamilton-0571622.php?pic=3&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=2">Joseph M. Hamilton</a>.
</p><p>35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
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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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