Looking NNW from above 600-foot lock at McAlpine.
<p>"Ned Merrick" with a tow of asphalt barges..
Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Ky..
11/24/2000.
a0k031.
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Towboat "Ned Merrick"  (doc. # 284059).
Length 145 feet - Width 35 feet - Twin Screw GM 16-567C, 3200 hp.
Built 1961 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/southern.htm">Southern Shipbuilding Corp.</a>, Slidell, LA.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/603110@N20/discuss/72157618176665599/">Retractable pilothouse</a>.
Owned by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://canalbargeintl.com/resources/vessels/boatPositions.php">Canal Barge Co.</a>, Inc., New Orleans, LA.
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scanned from 6x9 cm transparency.
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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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