Looking ENE from Portland Canal just west of Corps of Engineers repair station.
<p>Wharf boat "Mayor Andrew Broaddus" and steamer "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.belleoflouisville.org/index.html">Belle of Louisville</a>" (in tow of towboat "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Gail_Ann.php?mnu=1">Gail Ann</a>"  [doc. # 638386]) after arriving at winter moorings in surge basin of Portland Canal.
For many years, the "Belle" would spend the winter months moored here, safe from current-driven ice and debris.
I suppose this would have the added benefit of freeing up space at the wharf in case a boat needed to tie off to the mooring towers there, but the recently-arrived Splash and Islands barges might interfere with that.
Ohio River mile 606.
Louisville, Kentucky.
January 1988.
file # 88a116.
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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
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