Looking down from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark_Memorial_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge">Clark Bridge</a>.
<p>Diesel sternwheeler "Bonnie Belle" (doc. # 521612) upbound.
</p><p>The sternwheel excursion boat "Bonnie Belle" (doc. # 521612, length 105 feet, breadth 21 feet, Caterpillar diesel, 240 hp., passenger capacity about 150) was built in 1969 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/dubuque.htm">Dubuque (Iowa) Boat and Boiler Co.</a>
Originally named "Border Star", the boat was owned by Kansas City Missouri River Navigation Co.
In 1970, the boat was sold to Arkansas River Charter, Little Rock, Arkansas
In 1975, the boat was sold to Sangamon Packet Co., Petersburg, Illinois
In 1978, the boat was sold to Lloyd G. Poore of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison,_Indiana" class="extiw" title="w:Madison, Indiana">Madison, Indiana</a>, and renamed "Bonnie Belle" after his wife Bonnie
In 1993, the boat was sold to Losantiville Cruise Lines, located in or near Cincinnati, Ohio
After that, the boat changed owners and names several times: "Northern Star"; "Arawanna Belle" at Toledo, Ohio; "Cocoa Belle" in Cocoa Beach, Florida; and starting in 2004, "Magnolia Belle" out of Madisonville, Louisiana, on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pontchartrain" class="extiw" title="w:Lake Pontchartrain">Lake Pontchartrain</a>
In 2017, it was <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/grand-majestic-join-overnight-cruise-market/">reported</a> that the boat was laid up but that its owner, Grand Majestic Riverboat Co., intended to operate it for cruises on the Ohio River in the Cincinnati area
Current (early 2019) whereabouts unknown
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 604.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
Aug. 1987.
File # 87h028.
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35 mm E-6 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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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/7316640782/">87h028: Excursion boat Bonnie Belle</a>