Looking SSW from Falls Cities Riverboats.
<p>Towboat "Shirley B" helping to position a barge.
Downtown Louisville in distance, with Clark Bridge at right.
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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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Ohio River mile 603.
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Mar. 1988.
file # 88c100.
</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
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