Looking NW from just above 600-foot lock at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Navigation/Locks-and-Dams/McAlpine-Locks-and-Dam/">McAlpine Locks</a>.
<p>Towboat "Wayne McBride" and sand flats.
In center distance, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/excavator" class="extiw" title="w:excavator">excavator</a> using a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.grapples.com.au/clamshell-buckets">clamshell bucket</a> to place sand on the river bottom in preparation for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cofferdam" class="extiw" title="w:cofferdam">cofferdam</a> construction.
Maple trees being cut up, at left.
This work is part of the replacement of the old 600-foot and 360-foot locks by a new 1200-foot lock.
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Swing bridge">swing span</a> over the head of the 600-foot lock can be seen at left, with the K&amp;I Bridge in the distance.
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Twin screw towboat "Wayne McBride" (doc. # 554585, length 60 feet, breadth 22 feet, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goldcoastpower.com/brochures/CAT">D353 Marine  Brochure Specifications.pdf Caterpillar D353TA</a> diesels (?), 850 hp).
Built in 1974 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/serodino.htm">Serodino, Inc.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haletown,_Tennessee" class="extiw" title="w:Haletown, Tennessee">Guild, Tennessee</a>.
Originally named "Delta Dawn", owned by Flowers Transportation, Greenville, Mississippi.
In 1979, sold to Arkansas River Co., Greenville.
In 1981, renamed "Martha Amee" .
In 1991, sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.buzzfile.com/business/Mc-Bride!s-Fleet-502-893-5975">Five M Transportation Corp.</a>, Louisville, Kentucky, and renamed "Wayne McBride".
Still operating in 2017.
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<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>.
Mar. 2, 2001.
file # a1c001.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm E-6 transparency taken with Fuji GW690 II (90 mm lens) or Fuji GSW690 III (65 mm lens).
<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/41709512874/">a1c001: Preliminary work for lock replacement at McAlpine Locks, Louisville</a>