Looking E from Portland Canal near 11th St..
<p>"Elizabeth Marie" (right), "John Beesecker" (center), "Gail Ann" (left) upbound approaching Louisville bridges.
Snow covers the Riverwalk.
Ohio River mile 605.
Louisville, Ky..
23-Dec-2000.
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Towboat "Elizabeth Marie" (doc # 264533).
Length 118 feet - Breadth 27 feet - Twin screw GM 12-645E diesels, repowered 1991, 2400 hp..
Built 1952 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/brownsville.htm">Hillman Barge &amp; Construction Co.</a>, Brownsville, PA.
Originally "Henry L. Hillman", owned by Hillman Transportation Co., Pittsburgh, PA..
Sold 1966 to Canal Barge Co., Inc., New Orleans, LA, renamed "Lydia E. Campbell"..
Sold 1972 to Excavation Construction, Inc., Riverdale, MD, taken to Baltimore area, renamed "Lillie E. Campbell"..
Sold 8/1973 to Twin City Barge &amp; Towing Co., St. Paul, MN, renamed "Morning Star"..
Sold 3/1975 to Three Rivers Rock Co., Smithland, KY, renamed "Betty LeBlanc"..
Sold 6/1979 to Southern Towing Co., Memphis, TN, renamed "Dee Lane"..
Sold 1990 to M&amp;H Enterprise, Inc., Houston, TX, renamed "Billy-Mike" 1991..
Operated by Arkansas River Co., Greenville, MS.
Sold 3/1997 to Northstar Navigation, Inc., Paducah, KY, renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Elizabeth_Marie-0264533.php?mnu=1">"Elizabeth Marie"</a>.
Sold April 2004 to Millenium Trading Corp., Baton Rouge, LA.
Sank 8/2005 in Hurricane Katrina..
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Towboat "John Beesecker" (doc # 263932) (only partly visible).
Length 118 feet - Width 27 feet - Twin Screw GM 16V-149 diesels (at time of this photo), repowered 1974, 1800 HP.
Built 1952 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/brownsville.htm">Hillman Barge &amp; Construction Co.</a>, Brownsville, PA.
Originally "Mary Lea Hillman", owned by Hillman Transportation Co., Pittsburgh.
Sold to Alter Co., Davenport, Iowa, renamed "Phyllis" 2/1966.
Sold to R&amp;W Marine, Paducah 9/1971.
Renamed "City Of Paducah" 8/1972.
Sold to James Marine, Paducah, renamed "Mr. Paul" 7/1994.
Sold to Northstar Navigation, Paducah, renamed "John Beesecker" 7/1999.
Sold to Versatlity Marine, Gonzales, Louisiana 4/2004.
Repowered again in 2005, this time with twin screw Mitsubishi S12A2-Y1MPTA diesels, 1700 HP.
Renamed "Kathryn Watson" 9/2005.
Sold at some point to SCF Waxler Barge Line (a subsidiary of Seacor Holdings, St. Louis, Missouri).
Renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Barbara_Waxler.php?mnu=1">"Barbara Waxler"</a> 2/2008.
At some point renamed "SCF Reliant".
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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
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/21863786916/">a0l027: Elizabeth Marie, John Beesecker, Gail Ann upbound in Portland Canal</a>