Portland Canal at L&amp;I Bridge:
<p>"River Wolverine" downbound.
Ohio River mile 605.
Louisville, Ky.
14-May-1999.
99E043.
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Towboat "River Wolverine" (doc. # 263098).
Length 116 feet - Width 30 feet - Twin Screw GM 12-567E2 2400 HP.
Built 1952 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Shipbuilding &amp; Steel Co.</a>, St. Louis, MO.
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Originally named "La Salle" and owned by Commercial Transport Corp., Houston.
Sold in 1974 to Tennessee Towing, Memphis.
Sold in 1981 and operated by Igert, Paducah.
Sold in 1987 to Tolen Marine, Paducah, and renamed "Claudia T".
Sold in 1997 to McNational, South Point, Ohio, and renamed "River Wolverine".
Operated by Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati.
Renamed "Capt. Dick Morton" in 2005.
Sold in 2008 (?) to Marquette Transportation, Paducah, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ohio981.blogspot.com/2015/09/three-recent-visitors.html">"Blessed Sacrament"</a>.
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scanned from 6x9 cm negative.
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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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