Looking down from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark_Memorial_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge">Clark Bridge</a>.
<p>Midland towboat upbound.
</p><p>Looks like the stack casings are getting painted with Midland colors, so the boat was either recently acquired by Midland or  just getting repainted.
</p><p>This may be one of the many "turtleback" towboats built by St. Louis Ship, similar to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grifsgraphics/6129363270/">"O. Nelson Jones"</a> (doc. # 294844) or the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/10187806@N00/6877874590/">"Joseph Ray"</a> (doc. # 272061). However, the shape of the after part of the superstructure is a little different from those 2 boats.
</p><p>(Midland Enterprises was bought by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingram_Barge_Company" class="extiw" title="w:Ingram Barge Company">Ingram Barge Co.</a> in 2002.)
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 604.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>
August 1987.
File # 87h114.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
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edited with Picture Window 4
<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/7275255430/">87h114: Midland towboat (name unknown)</a>