Looking NW from wharf near 3rd St.
<p>Removing gravel and concrete from riverbed next to wharf in preparation for arrival of Islands restaurant and Splash bar.
Towboat "Eleanor W" (doc. # 249286) upbound with tank barge.
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Nov. 1987.
File # 87k089.
</p><p>"Eleanor W" was built in 1946 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/8other/20inland.htm">E. C. Coughenour Boiler Works Co.</a>, Huntington, W. Va., apparently the only boat built by that company. Originally named "Sharon," the boat was later renamed "Clem Beatty" and then "Eleanor W" after being bought in 1957 by Wooten River Service &amp; Supply, Louisville, Kentucky (dock is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana). The "Eleanor W" was owned by Wooten until at least 2004. As of 2012, the boat was listed under the name "Journey," owned by Headed Home LLC, Ashland, Ky.
</p><p>35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
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JPEG quality 95.
<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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