Looking WNW from River Road just upriver (east) of Preston St.
<p>River Road veers and continues west under the expressway, while Preston St. intersects from the south.
Railroad tracks cross River Road at this point.
I-64 at left.
Some sand and gravel piles remain at closed Martin-Marietta sand yard, left of center.
Low white office building, dumpsters and red crane can be seen at Klempner Brothers scrap yard, located between Martin-Marietta sand yard and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://portoflouisville.com/index.htm">Port of Louisville</a> Terminal (right).
Clark Bridge in distance.
Ohio River mile 603.
Louisville, Kentucky.
January 1988.
File # 88a070.
</p><p>The Klempner family started in the scrap metal business in the early 1900's, but I don't know when this River Road facility began operating.
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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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