Looking WSW (downstream) from footbridge connecting island (right) to mainland at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wikimapia.org/12701751/Louisville-Municipal-Boat-Harbor">Louisville Boat Harbor</a> (at foot of Frankfort Ave., formerly known as Ohio St.)
<p>Until the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.weather.gov/lmk/flood97">Flood of 1997</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/17478561503/in/album-72157653099548470/">winter fleet</a> was moored in this part of the harbor, but that practice was discontinued.
In left distance can be seen the silhouette of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=i25xjxi7P2EC&amp;pg=PA93&amp;lpg=PA93&amp;dq=Paget+House+Louisville&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=lZiemxnW_T&amp;sig=9uXtK2m5UBOKcCVW4UAmHLubfn0&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjiysXh0NTSAhVBSyYKHVXDCLc4ChDoAQgfMAE#v=onepage&amp;q=Paget">House Louisville&amp;f=false Paget House</a> (built ca. 1790, with an addition in 1838) at 1562 Fulton St., which as of 2017 is a deteriorating hulk.
</p><p>The harbor as seen here was built in 1935-36 as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration" class="extiw" title="w:Works Progress Administration">WPA (Works Progress Administration)</a> project. In 2005, the harbor was closed to make way for a larger one with floating docks as part of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.riverparkplace.net/">RiverPark Place</a> project.
[See a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080706164642/http://www.louisvilleboatharbor.com/history.htm">history of Louisville Municipal Boat Harbor (text only)</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/">Internet Archive Wayback Machine</a>.]
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Ohio River mile 602.
Louisville, KY.
Jan 7, 2001.
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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
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/33310019491/">a1a015: Looking downstream from footbridge at Louisville Boat Harbor</a>