Looking NE from Clark Bridge.
<p>Towboat "Marie Thompson" (doc. # 512099) upbound.
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This twin screw towboat (length 133 feet, breadth 34.4 feet, GM 16-645E2 diesels, 3400 hp. [later boosted to 3800 hp.?]) was built in 1968 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/missmarine.htm">Greenville Shipbuilding Corp.</a>, Greenville, Mississippi, and rebuilt in 1977 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/missmarine.htm">Mississippi Marine Towboat Corp.</a>, Greenville.
Originally named the JIMMY VICKERS while owned by Delta Towing Company, Greenville, Mississippi.
Sold in 1970 to Gulf-Northern Company, Inc., McKees Rocks, PA and renamed SARAH E.THOMAS.
Sold in December, 1976 to Harcon Barge Company, Smithland, KY and renamed MARIE THOMPSON.
Sold in February, 1988 to M/G Transport Services, Inc., Cincinnati, OH and renamed RICHARD A HAIN (but still painted "Marie Thompson" in March 1988).
Sold December, 1994 to Ingram Barge Company, Nashville, TN and renamed HOWARD A. THOMPSON.
Sold April 2004 and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Doug_Roberts-0512099.php?mnu=1">DOUG ROBERTS</a> by DJP Marine LLC and operated by Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., Mandeville, LA.
Sold June 2010 to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parkertowing.com/">Parker Towing Company</a>, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in June, 2010 and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parkertowing.com/services/vessels">TOM HUCKABEE</a> in honor of Captain Tom Huckabee, a long time Parker employee and senior captain.
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Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Mar. 1988.
file # 88c114.
</p><p>35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.
Siverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
unsharp mask (radius 1,threshold 3, 75%).
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JPEG quality 95.
<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/27081058883/">88c114: Marie Thompson upbound at Clark Bridge</a>