Towboat "Basil T" downbound at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://louisvilleky.gov/government/parks/park-list/carrie-gaulbert-cox-park">Cox Park</a>.
<p>Twin screw towboat "Basil T" (doc. # 508037, length 65 feet, breadth 24 feet, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cumminsengines.com/showcase-item.aspx?id=312&amp;title=+KTA19+for+Marine">Cummins KTA19-M</a> diesels, repowered 2005, 1200 hp.)
Built in 1967 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/missmarine.htm">Greenville Shipbuilding Corp.</a>, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Dixie Crusader", owned by Dixie Carriers, Inc., Houston, Texas (later acquired by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kirbycorp.com/about/history/">Kirby Corp.</a>)
In 1986 sold to Tolen Marine, Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Jim_Lancaster-0508037.php?pic=10&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Basil T"</a>
In 1997 sold to Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Jim_Lancaster-0508037.php?pic=3&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"River Stallion"</a>
In 2005 sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcnational.com/index.php/about-us/history">McGinnis</a>, South Point, Ohio, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Jim_Lancaster-0508037.php">"Jim Lancaster"</a>
Still operating in 2018
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 600.
Louisville, Kentucky.
Mar. 1988.
file # 88c132.
</p><p>35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.
Siverfast 8.
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Picture Window 6.
<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/27871087686/">88c132: Basil T downbound at Cox Park</a>