Looking NNE from Ashland <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/asphalt" class="extiw" title="w:asphalt">asphalt</a> terminal just above JFK Bridge.
<p>Black barge with gray deck is permanently moored next to pylons.
Towboat "Paul G. Blazer" (doc. # 918951) upbound at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Big Four Bridge">Big Four Bridge</a>.
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"Paul G. Blazer" (150x45, twin <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/power-systems/industrial/industrial-diesel-engines-lesser-regulated-non-regulated/18398231.html">Cat 3606</a> diesels, 4200 hp) built 1987 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/quality.htm">Quality Shipyards</a>, Houma, Louisiana.
Originally owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland_Inc" class="extiw" title="w:Ashland Inc">Ashland Oil</a>.
In 1998, transferred to Marathon Ashland Petroleum (later known as Marathon Petroleum Co.), Ashland, Kentucky.
Still operating in 2018.
</p><p>The asphalt terminal was located about where the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.louisvillewaterfront.com/projects/lincoln/">Lincoln Memorial</a> parking lot is in 2013.
Sometimes you can still detect a petroleum aroma near the river in that area.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 603.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
January 1988.
File # 88a020.
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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
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/8973166092/">88a020: Paul G. Blazer upbound approaching Big Four Bridge</a>