Looking NW from Portland Canal near 13th St.
<p>Towboat "F.M. Baker" (doc. # 575826) upbound above <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Street_Bridge_(Ohio_River)" class="extiw" title="w:Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)">L&amp;I Bridge</a>.
At left is a protective cell, just upstream from the guidewall along the Kentucky side of the canal.
</p><p>Ohio River mile 605.
Louisville, Kentucky.
5-May-1999.
File # 99e012.
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Twin screw towboat "F. M. Baker" (length 140 feet, width 42 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_645" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 645">GM 16-645E7</a> diesels, 5600 hp) was built in 1976 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/dravoboats.htm">Dravo Corp.</a>, Neville Island, Pa., and at time of photo was operated by Indiana Michigan Power Co., Lakin, W. Va., a subsidiary of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Electric_Power" class="extiw" title="w:American Electric Power">American Electric Power</a>.
In 2005, the boat was renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grifsgraphics/3579260659/">"Leonard L. Whittington."</a>
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6x9 cm color negative.
scanned with Epson V500 flatbed scanner and Epson Scan software.
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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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