Looking N from Kentucky bank just below JFK Bridge (near former site of Marine Welding).
<p>Towboat "Glenn R" (doc. # 528756) upbound.
In left distance, recently-arrived floating restaurant Towboat Annie's can be seen at Indiana bank.
JFK Bridge at right.
Ohio River mile 603.
Louisville, Kentucky.
January 1988.
File # 88a028.
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Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Glenn_R.php?pic=4&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=1">"Wasp"</a> (80x26, twin Cat D379 diesels, 1130 hp), the boat was built in 1970 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/8other/20inland.htm">Ryan Contracting Co.</a>, Owensboro, Kentucky [or Evansville, Indiana], and owned by River Sand and Stone Co., Evansville, Indiana.
In 1972, it was sold to Ohio Valley Marine Co., Evansville.
In 1973, it was sold to McQuiston Marine Lines, Pittsburgh, and renamed "Glenn R".
In 1978, it was sold to Mon River Towing, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania.
Later in 1978, it was sold to McBride Towing Co., Harrods Creek, Kentucky.
As of mid-2013, "Glenn R" is still doing harbor work at Louisville.
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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/9330163396/">88a028: Glenn R upbound below JFK Bridge</a>