Looking NE from wharf near 3rd St..
<p>Towboat "Matt S" (doc. # 907034) with hopper barge.
Crane on deck barge is using clamshell bucket to remove gravel from river bottom next to new wharf extension. (Gravel was placed there during construction.)
Clark Bridge in background.
Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Nov. 1987.
File # 87k002.
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"Matt S" was built in 1987 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/marinebuildersutica.htm">Marine Builders</a>, Utica, Indiana and originally operated by Marine Transportation, Utica..
In 1992, the boat was sold to St. Jude and New Madrid Marine Service, Portageville, Missouri, and renamed "Capt. Jeff".
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
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unsharpened
<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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