Looking NE from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover_Cary_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Glover Cary Bridge">Glover Cary Bridge</a> (opened to traffic in 1940).
<p>Towboat "Bessie Walker" (doc. # 260980) downbound.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://omu.org/">Owensboro Municipal Utilities</a> power plant in right distance.
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Twin screw towboat "Bessie Walker" ( doc. # 260980, length 150 feet, breadth 35 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_diesel_engine" class="extiw" title="w:8 diesel engine">Fairbanks-Morse model 38 opposed-piston</a> diesels, 3200 hp.)
The boat was built in 1950 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Ship</a>.
Originally named "Claude Tully", it was owned by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pattontully.com/">Patton-Tully Transportation Co.</a>, Memphis.
After two other owners and names, in 1966 the boat was sold to Walker Towing Corp., Paducah, and renamed "Bessie Walker".
After another owner, in 1994 the boat was sold to International Barge, Paducah.
In 1995, the boat was renamed "Michelle Pater" and later that year renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Michael_W-0260980.php?mnu=1">"Michael W"</a>.
The boat was dismantled in 2005.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 756.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owensboro,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Owensboro, Kentucky">Owensboro, Kentucky</a>.
Dec. 1987.
File # 87l036.
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
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<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/8647152782/">87l036: Bessie Walker downbound at Glover Cary Bridge</a>