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>Towboat "Keystone" upbound.
</p><p>Twin screw towboat "Keystone" (doc. # 272715, length 123 feet, width 33 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 567">GM 12-567</a> diesels, 2400 hp.)
Built in 1956 (with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2014/05/variable-height-pilot-houses.html">retractable pilothouse</a>) by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Shipbuilding &amp; Steel Co.</a>, St. Louis, Missouri
Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grifsgraphics/6876779459/">"Larry Turner"</a>, owned by Hutchinson Barge Line, St. Louis
In 1963, sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hinesfurlongline.com/about/on-the-river">Hines, Inc.</a>, Bowling Green, Kentucky
In 1975, sold to Central Rivers, Inc., St. Louis, and renamed "Keystone"
In 1981, renamed "Eileen M. McKay"
In 1984, sold to Igert, Inc., Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed "Keystone" (again)
Also in 1984, rebuilt with non-retractable pilothouse at Paducah
In 1987, sold to Five M Transportation Corp., Louisville, Kentucky, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6936697515/">"Michael McBride"</a>
In 2007, sold to Western Rivers Assets LLC, Ashland, Kentucky, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cottergarage/2659097849/">"Gate City"</a>; operated by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gatecityriver.angelfire.com/">Gate City River Transportation LLC</a>, Catlettsburg, Kentucky
As of 2010, operated by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rmefleet.com/">River Marine Enterprises LLC</a>, Paducah, Kentucky
Documentation expired in 2011 (?)
</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>.
August 1987.
File # 87h105.
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35 mm Kodachrome 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
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/7275214102/">87h105: Towboat Keystone at Clark Bridge</a>