Looking NNW from Portland Canal near 12th St.
<p>Towboat "River Falcon" downbound, approaching lift span of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Street_Bridge_(Ohio_River)" class="extiw" title="w:Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)">L&amp;I Bridge</a>.
</p><p>Twin screw <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/towboat" class="extiw" title="w:towboat">towboat</a> "River Falcon" (USCG doc. # 240135, length 144 feet, breadth 35 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_645" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 645">GM 16-645E2</a> diesels [repowered in 1985], 3600 hp.).
Built in 1940 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/manitowoc.htm">Manitowoc [Wisconsin</a> Shipbuilding Co.].
Originally the boat was named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newsthumbs/images06/Stanolind05.jpg">"Stanolind A"</a> and owned by Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.
[See a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newsthumbs/newsthumbs_243.htm">collection of "Stanolind A" photos</a>]
By 1961, the boat was owned by American Oil Co., Chicago, and renamed "Amoco Missouri".
In 1973, it was transferred to Amoco Oil Co., Chicago.
In 1986, it was renamed "Missouri River".
In 1990, it was sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://amherstmadison.com/">Madison Coal and Supply Co.</a>, Charleston, West Virginia.
In 1993, the boat was sold to Tolen Marine, Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed "Charles Duncan".
In 1997, it was sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcnational.com/">McNational, Inc.</a>, South Point, Ohio, and renamed "River Falcon".
From then forward, the boat was operated by Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The boat's documentation expired in 2004.
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<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>.
Jan. 23, 2001.
file # a1a042.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-6_process" class="extiw" title="w:E-6 process">E-6</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_film" class="extiw" title="w:Reversal film">transparency</a> taken with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Fujica_GW690">Fuji GW690 II</a> (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/41146166055/">a1a042: River Falcon downbound near 12th Street, Louisville</a>