Looking NNW from I-64 overlooking River Road between Clay St. [later Witherspoon St.] and Adams St..
<p>At left, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrical_property" class="extiw" title="w:Theatrical property">prop</a> storage building for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.louisvilleballet.org/">Louisville Ballet</a>, 1338 River Road. (The 1987 Louisville City Directory describes it as a "scene construction plant." The 1982 Directory lists the location as being occupied by K-1 Truss and Building Components.)
At right, buildings at 1340 River Road which are occupied (or were recently occupied) by Earl's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welding" class="extiw" title="w:Welding">Welding</a> Service and Walker Excavating Co.
As of 2013, the prop storage building is occupied by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://browningequipmentcompany.com/">Browning Equipment Co.</a> (lawn and garden equipment), 1338 River Road. The greenish building at right still exists but may be unoccupied. 
In distance, across River Road, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tank" class="extiw" title="w:Storage tank">storage tanks</a> belonging to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company" class="extiw" title="w:Shell Oil Company">Shell Oil</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_depot" class="extiw" title="w:Oil depot">terminal</a>, 1301 River Road, which is just upriver from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.riverway.com/">Riverway</a>, behind <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wikimapia.org/3133327/Towhead-Island">Towhead Island</a>. [The 1987 Louisville City Directory lists 1301 River Road as "Shell Oil (Yards)," while the 1982 Directory lists that address as "American Oil Co. (Yards)."]
</p><p>Ohio River mile 603.
Louisville, Kentucky.
January 1988.
File # 88a086.
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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/9767307765/">88a086: Prop storage building for Louisville Ballet (left) and Earl's Welding (right)</a>