Looking NE from I-64 near 12th St..
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Towboat "Betty June Walker" (doc. # 248942) upbound at upper end of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville and Portland Canal">Portland Canal</a>.
</p><p>This twin-screw towboat (150x35, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_diesel_engine" class="extiw" title="w:8 diesel engine">Fairbanks-Morse OP diesels</a>, repowered 1958, 3200 hp) was built in 1945 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/calumet.htm">Calumet Shipyard and Drydock Co.</a>, Chicago, Illinois
It was originally named "George T. Horton" and owned by John I. Hay Co., Chicago
In 1963, it was sold to A.L. Mechling Barge Lines, Joliet, Ill.
In 1968, it was sold to central Towing Co., St. Louis, Ill.
In 1970, it was sold to Walker Towing Corp., Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed "Betty June Walker"
In 1993, it was sold to M&amp;I Transport Services, Paducah
In 1996, it was sold to TRP Transport, Paducah
Later in 1996, the boat was sold to American Boat Co., Cahokia, Illinois, and renamed "Razner"
Circa 2006, the boat was dismantled
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Upriver end of Shippingport Island at left; downriver end of vane dike at right.
When there is an outdraft here (not the case on this day), water diverted by the vane dike flows out through the gap at center.
Colgate plant and clock in left distance; Indiana end of Clark Bridge in right distance.
In foreground are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container" class="extiw" title="w:Intermodal container">shipping containers</a> at Kentucky Container Service.
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Ohio River mile 605.
Louisville, Kentucky.
February 1988.
file # 88b107.
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
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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
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/15532406573/">88b107: Betty June Walker upbound at upper end of Portland Canal</a>