Wharf near foot of 3rd St.:
<p>New smokestacks for steamer "Belle of Louisville" (doc. # 212813).
Old stacks have been removed.
For more information, see the Belle's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nps.gov/maritime/nhl/belle.htm">National Historic Landmark Study</a>.
</p><p>Sternwheel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/steamboat" class="extiw" title="w:steamboat">steamboat</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_of_Louisville" class="extiw" title="w:Belle of Louisville">Belle of Louisville</a>" (Length 192 feet - Width 41 feet - capacity 998 passengers).
Built 1914 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/19thcentury/rees.htm">James Rees &amp; Sons Co.</a>, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and rebuilt in 1968 by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine" class="extiw" title="w:Steam engine">engines</a>, each 16 inches in diameter with a 6 1/2 foot stroke.
Three return flue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler" class="extiw" title="w:Boiler">boilers</a> (built by Nooter Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, and placed in 1968), each 28 feet long by 56 inches outside diameter, with 13 six inch flues. Burns <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fuel_oil" class="extiw" title="w:fuel oil">fuel oil</a>.
Originally named <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.in.gov/Record/ISL_p4038coll5-325">"Idlewild"</a> and owned by the West Memphis Packet Co., the boat operated at times as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_boat" class="extiw" title="w:Packet boat">packet</a>, excursion boat and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ferry" class="extiw" title="w:ferry">ferry</a>.
In 1928, the boat was sold to New St. Louis and Calhoun Packet Corp., Hardin, Illinois.
In 1947, the boat was sold to J. Herod Gorsage, Peoria, Illinois, and in 1948 she was renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://steamboats.com/museum/davet-photosbelleoflouisville.html">"Avalon"</a>.
In 1950, the boat was sold to Steamer Avalon, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1962, the boat was sold at auction for $34,000 to Jefferson County, Kentucky, under the leadership of County Judge Marlow Cook, and renamed "Belle of Louisville".
As of 2018, the boat was operating public and private cruises from the Louisville wharf.
See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ket.org/education/resources/electronic-field-trip-belle-louisville/">more info about the Belle</a>.
</p><p>Ohio River mile 604.
Louisville, Ky.
16-Mar-1999.
99c033.
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Kodak Portra 160NC, 6x9 cm, Epson V500, Vuescan, medium infrared clean.
<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
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