Looking ENE from Portland Canal overlook at 18th St..
<p>Towboat "City of Louisville" downbound.
.
Twin screw towboat "City of Louisville" (doc. # 287746, length 148 feet, breadth 34.5 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 567">GM 16-567C-E2</a> diesels, 3200 hp.)
Built in 1962 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/dravoboats.htm">Dravo Corp.</a>, Neville Island, PA.
Originally <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/City_of_Louisville-0287746.php?pic=21&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=3">"Mary B"</a>, owned by Rebel Towing Co., Houston, TX.
Sold to Thomas Petroleum Transit, Butler, PA, in 1965.
Renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/City_of_Louisville-0287746.php?pic=18&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=3">"Walter Curley"</a> in 1966.
Sold to TPT Div., Ashland Oil, Inc., Freedom, PA, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/21266867374/">"City of Louisville"</a> in 1976.
Sold to TPT Transportation Co., Freedom, PA, in 1993.
Sold to Brent Transportation Corp., Greenville, MS, in 1995.
Transferred to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kirbycorp.com/marine-transportation/inland-marine/">Kirby Inland Marine LP</a>, Houston, TX, in 1998.
Still operating in 2017.
.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 605.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
Feb. 12, 2001.
file # a1b012.
.
</p>
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/41530213215/">a1b012: City of Louisville in Portland Canal, Louisville</a>