Looking ENE (upstream) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Roebling_Suspension_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge">Roebling Suspension Bridge</a>.
<p>Mike Fink floating restaurant.
Small <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(boat)" class="extiw" title="w:Pusher (boat)">towboat</a> "Shirley B" with crane barge.
In distance (starting with nearest to camera):
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgestunnels.com/bridges/ohio-river/central-bridge-us-27/">Newport and Cincinnati Highway Bridge, aka Central Highway Bridge</a> (US Highway 27; completed 1891; demolished 1992).
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/ln.html">L&amp;N Railroad and Kentucky State Highway Bridge</a> (originally completed 1872; rebuilt 1897; converted to pedestrian bridge 2003).
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Carter_Beard_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Daniel Carter Beard Bridge">Daniel Carter Beard Bridge</a>, with yellow arch (I-471; completed 1977).
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 470
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Covington, Kentucky">Covington, Kentucky</a>
November 1987
File # 87k048
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This single screw towboat (doc. # 278241, 60x14, Cat diesel, repowered 1959, 300 hp.) was built in 1940 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/yachtlarge/burger.htm">Burger Boat Co.</a>, Manitowoc, Wis.
Originally named "Lucien S. Johnson", the boat was in the Cincinnati Corps of Engineers fleet until 1947, when it was transferred to the Louisville district.
In 1956, it was sold to Portsmouth (Ohio) Docking Co., and in 1970 renamed "Donald H".
In 1976, it was sold to Standard Slag Co., Wheelersburg, Ohio, and in 1977 renamed "Stanmat".
In 1981, the boat was sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bbriverboats.com/">BB Riverboats</a>, Covington, Ky., and renamed "Shirley B".
As of 2016, the boat was named "Uncle Otis", owned by River Marine Enterprises of Paducah, Kentucky
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The restaurant was originally a steam towboat (T1444 in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Way%e2%80%99s+Steam+Towboat+Directory">Way's Steam Towboat Directory</a>), built in 1936 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/dravoboats.htm">Dravo Corp.</a> and owned by Campbell Transportation Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
It was named "John W. Hubbard" after a Pittsburgh millionaire who was financially connected to the Campbell Line.
In 1947, the boat was sold to the Ohio River Co., and in 1950, it was renamed "Charles Dorrance" (T0379).
In 1957, the boat was decommissioned and used as a harborboat for several years.
At some point in the 1960s, the boat was sold to Capt. John Beatty, who converted it to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2008/02/24/z-apoh_riverboat_0224.ART_ART_02-24-08_B4_IB9EPHS.html">floating restaurant Mike Fink</a>, named for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Fink" class="extiw" title="w:Mike Fink">semi-legendary late 18th/early 19th century riverboater</a>.
The restaurant operated at Covington from 1968 until 2008, when it closed. It was moved to Newport, Kentucky, in early 2014 and, as far as I know, never reopened.
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</p><p>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
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/8489653650/">87k048: Mike Fink restaurant and Shirley B on Ohio River at Covington, Kentucky</a>