Looking NE from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Roebling_Suspension_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge">Roebling Suspension Bridge</a>.
<p>Small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(boat)" class="extiw" title="w:Pusher (boat)">towboat</a> "Shirley B" with crane barge alongside floating docks at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2008/02/24/z-apoh_riverboat_0224.ART_ART_02-24-08_B4_IB9EPHS.html">floating restaurant Mike Fink</a>.
At left, part of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/past/RiverfrontStadium.htm">Riverfront Stadium</a> (demolished 2002).
At center, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Bank_Arena" class="extiw" title="w:U.S. Bank Arena">Riverfront Coliseum (now U.S. Bank Arena)</a>.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 470
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Covington, Kentucky">Covington, Kentucky</a>
November 1987
File # 87k049
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This single screw towboat (doc. # 278241, 60x14, Cat diesel, repowered 1959, 300 hp.) was built in 1940 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtlarge/burger.htm">Burger Boat Co.</a>, Manitowoc, Wis.
Originally named "Lucien S. Johnson", the boat was in the Cincinnati Corps of Engineers fleet until 1947, when it was transferred to the Louisville district.
In 1956, it was sold to Portsmouth (Ohio) Docking Co., and in 1970 renamed "Donald H".
In 1976, it was sold to Standard Slag Co., Wheelersburg, Ohio, and in 1977 renamed "Stanmat".
In 1981, the boat was sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bbriverboats.com/">BB Riverboats</a>, Covington, Ky., and renamed "Shirley B".
As of 2016, the boat was named "Uncle Otis", owned by River Marine Enterprises of Paducah, Kentucky
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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/8489657852/">87k049: Shirley B with crane barge on Ohio River at Covington, Kentucky</a>