Looking down from K&amp;I Bridge.
<p>Towboat "V. W. Meythaler" (doc. # 548689) upbound at lower guidewall of 1200-foot lock at McAlpine.
Part of Sand Island can be seen at top of frame.
Ohio River mile 607.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j323.
</p><p>Twin screw towboat "V. W. Meythaler" (doc. # 548689, length 145, breadth 48, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_645" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 645">GM 16-645E5</a> diesels, 5600 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower" class="extiw" title="w:Horsepower">hp.</a>)
Built in 1973 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/jeffboat.htm">Jeffboat</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonville,_Indiana" class="extiw" title="w:Jeffersonville, Indiana">Jeffersonville, Indiana</a>
Originally owned by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bargeacbl.com/">American Commercial Barge Line</a>, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Sold in 1994 to UABL/Ultrapetrol, Asuncion, Paraguay, and renamed "San Martin"
Renamed "Soledad" in 2000
Renamed "San Martin I" in 2005
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1241195">Photographed in late 2010</a> by Maxi Alonso on the Paraná River at Rosario, Argentina
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertoattias/19629411116/in/photostream/">Photographed in late 2012</a> by Roberto Attias on the Paraná River at Corrientes, Argentina
Current whereabouts unknown (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/20525239/Oceanpar_SA">UABL filed for bankrupcy</a> in early 2017)
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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
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/8191158245/">87j323: V. W. Meythaler at McAlpine Locks</a>