Looking N from near foot of 11th St. (upper end of Portland Canal).
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucyrus-Erie" class="extiw" title="w:Bucyrus-Erie">Bucyrus Erie</a> crane transferring coal from damaged barge "DM 1262" to barge "ACBL 1904".
Towboat "Gail Ann" assisting.
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Coal barges in tow of "Northern" (doc. # 512466) broke loose after striking riverbank following a wind gust.
Two barges sank, others drifted away.
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Twin screw towboat "Gail Ann" (doc. # 638386, Length 70 feet, Width 24 feet, Cat diesels, 1200 hp) was built in 1981 at New Albany, Ind., by her owner, Five M Transportation Corp. (aka McBride's Fleet), Louisville, Ky. (fleet is based at Ohio River mile 612.5, in New Albany, Ind.).
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Ohio River mile 605.
Louisville, Kentucky.
April 1988.
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file # 88d077.
35 mm Kodachrome.
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<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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