Portland Canal near 22nd St..
<p>Towboat "Billy Joe Boling" (doc. # 296549).
I don't remember, but the tow may be unstuck at this point.
Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
18-Apr-1999.
File # 99d045.
</p><p>"Billy Joe Boling" was built in 1964 by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/inactive/nashvilleboats.htm">Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO)</a>, Nashville, Tennessee. Originally "Lady Marjorie," the boat was owned by Inland Oil and Transport Co., St. Louis, Mo., until 1995, when it was sold to Memco Barge Line, St. Louis, and renamed "Billy Joe Boling." In 2009 the boat was sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.barges.us/">Campbell Transportation Co.</a>, Houston, Pennsylvania, and renamed "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Darrell_L-0296549.php?pic=2&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=1">Darrell L</a>."
</p><p>In the November 15, 2004, issue of <i>The New Yorker</i> magazine, there is an article (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/11/15/tight-assed-river">"Tight-Assed River"</a>) about the towboat Billy Joe Boling on the Illinois River.
See a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.risingpress.org/cnu/tight.pdf">PDF version of "Tight-Assed River"</a>.
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6x9 cm color negative.
scanned with Epson V500 flatbed scanner and Epson Scan software.
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<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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