Portland Canal near 24th St.:
<p>"Georgia M" (doc. # 569840, at right) approaching "River Otter" (doc. # 269364) to pick up rigging wires needed to remake the tow (i.e. wire the barges back together) of "Winchester".
</p><p>Twin screw towboat "River Otter" (doc. # 269364, length 140 feet, breadth 38 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 567">GM 16-567DE2</a> diesels [repowered in 1981], 3200 hp).
Built in 1955 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/parker.htm">Parker Bros. Shipyard</a>, Houston, Texas.
Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=10&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Kansas City"</a>, owned by SCNO Barge Lines, St. Louis, Missouri.
Sold in 1978, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=7&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Mr. Clyde Dunlap"</a> by Hollinger Transportation, Inc., Greenville, Mississippi.
Sold in 1979 to H&amp;S Transportation Co., Inc., Nashville.
Sold in 1982, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=4&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Sherry K. Mays"</a> by Mays Marine Service, Inc., Clinton, Kentucky .
Sold in 1986, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/River_Otter.php?pic=2&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Linda L. Tolen"</a> by Tolen Marine, Inc., Paducah.
Sold in 1997, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6609664675/">"River Otter"</a> by McNational, Inc., South Point, Ohio.
Operated by Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sold in 2004 to UABL, Argentina.
</p><p>Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
5-Feb-1999.
File # 99b012.
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Kodak Portra 400NC, 6x9 cm.
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Epson V500 scanner; Vuescan software.
<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/6635894179/">99b012_8_megapixels: River Otter, Georgia M</a>