Looking down from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark_Memorial_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge">Clark Bridge</a>:
<p>Steamer "Belle of Louisville" downbound.
</p><p>Sternwheel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/steamboat" class="extiw" title="w:steamboat">steamboat</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_of_Louisville" class="extiw" title="w:Belle of Louisville">Belle of Louisville</a>" (documentation # 212813, length 192 feet, width 41 feet, capacity 998 passengers).
Built 1914 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/19thcentury/rees.htm">James Rees &amp; Sons Co.</a>, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and rebuilt in 1968 by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine" class="extiw" title="w:Steam engine">engines</a>, each 16 inches in diameter with a 6 1/2 foot stroke.
Three return flue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler" class="extiw" title="w:Boiler">boilers</a> (built by Nooter Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, and placed in 1968), each 28 feet long by 56 inches outside diameter, with 13 six inch flues. Burns <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fuel_oil" class="extiw" title="w:fuel oil">fuel oil</a>.
Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.in.gov/Record/ISL_p4038coll5-325">"Idlewild"</a> and owned by the West Memphis Packet Co., the boat operated at times as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_boat" class="extiw" title="w:Packet boat">packet</a>, excursion boat and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ferry" class="extiw" title="w:ferry">ferry</a>.
In 1928, the boat was sold to New St. Louis and Calhoun Packet Corp., Hardin, Illinois.
In 1947, the boat was sold to J. Herod Gorsage, Peoria, Illinois, and in 1948 she was renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://steamboats.com/museum/davet-photosbelleoflouisville.html">"Avalon"</a>.
In 1950, the boat was sold to Steamer Avalon, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1962, the boat was sold at auction for $34,000 to Jefferson County, Kentucky, under the leadership of County Judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlow_Cook" class="extiw" title="w:Marlow Cook">Marlow Cook</a>, and renamed "Belle of Louisville".
As of 2018, the boat was operating public and private cruises from the Louisville wharf.
See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ket.org/education/resources/electronic-field-trip-belle-louisville/">more info about the Belle</a>.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 604.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
August 1987.
File # 87h103.
</p><p>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/7275204846/">87h103: Belle of Louisville at Clark Bridge</a>