<p>Looking N from just above McAlpine Locks.
Towboat "Valley Transporter" (doc. # 270759) after departing 600-foot lock, upbound.
"James T. Belcher" (doc. # 266152; owned by Walker Towing Corp., Paducah, Kentucky; dismantled ca. 1994) ready to work as a "helper boat" for the next upbound double-cut lockage.
(The helper boat assists by pulling the first cut of the tow out of the lock).
Upper guidewall of 1200-foot lock in background.
Ohio River mile 607.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j198.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
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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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