Looking NW from 27th St. at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/Locks-and-Dams/McAlpine-Locks-and-Dam/">McAlpine Locks</a>.
<p>Towboats "Michael McBride" (documentation number 272715) and "Matt S" (documentation number 907034) departing 600-foot lock, upbound.
</p><p>Twin screw towboat "Michael McBride" (doc. # 272715, length 123 feet, width 33 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 567">GM 12-567</a> diesels, 2400 hp.)
Built in 1956 (with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2014/05/variable-height-pilot-houses.html">retractable pilothouse</a>) by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Shipbuilding &amp; Steel Co.</a>, St. Louis, Missouri
Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grifsgraphics/6876779459/">"Larry Turner"</a>, owned by Hutchinson Barge Line, St. Louis
In 1963, sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hinesfurlongline.com/about/on-the-river">Hines, Inc.</a>, Bowling Green, Kentucky
In 1975, sold to Central Rivers, Inc., St. Louis, and renamed "Keystone"
In 1981, renamed "Eileen M. McKay"
In 1984, sold to Igert, Inc., Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/7275214102/">"Keystone"</a> (again)
Also in 1984, rebuilt with non-retractable pilothouse at Paducah
In 1987, sold to Five M Transportation Corp., Louisville, Kentucky, and renamed "Michael McBride"
In 2007, sold to Western Rivers Assets LLC, Ashland, Kentucky, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cottergarage/2659097849/">"Gate City"</a>; operated by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gatecityriver.angelfire.com/">Gate City River Transportation LLC</a>, Catlettsburg, Kentucky
As of 2010, operated by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rmefleet.com/">River Marine Enterprises LLC</a>, Paducah, Kentucky
Documentation expired in 2011 (?)
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 607.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j100.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
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edited with Picture Window 4
<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/7997089887/">87j100: Michael McBride, Matt S</a>