Looking NE from near foot of 11th St.
<p>Towboat "Valvoline" upbound out of Portland Canal.
Dead foliage on shrubs growing from cracks in concrete embankment.
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Twin screw towboat "Valvoline" (doc. # 916834, length 150 feet, breadth 45 feet, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/power-..systems/industrial/industrial-diesel-engines-lesser-regulated-non-regulated/18398231.html">Cat 3606</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine" class="extiw" title="w:Diesel engine">diesels</a>, 4200 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower" class="extiw" title="w:Horsepower">hp.</a>).
Built in 1987 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/quality.htm">Quality Shipyards</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houma,_Louisiana" class="extiw" title="w:Houma, Louisiana">Houma, Louisiana</a>.
Originally named "Valvoline" and owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland_Inc." class="extiw" title="w:Ashland Inc.">Ashland, Inc.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland, Kentucky</a>.
Transferred in 1998 to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Petroleum" class="extiw" title="w:Marathon Petroleum">Marathon Ashland Petroleum</a>, Ashland, Kentucky.
Firm name changed in 2005 to Marathon Petroleum Co., Ashland, Kentucky.
Renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Nashville-0916834.php?pic=3&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Nashville"</a> in 2011.
Still operating in 2017.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 605.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
Jan. 13, 2001.
file # a1a022.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-6_process" class="extiw" title="w:E-6 process">E-6</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_film" class="extiw" title="w:Reversal film">transparency</a> taken with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Fujica_GW690">Fuji GW690 II</a> (90 mm lens) or Fuji GSW690 III (65 mm lens).
<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/41326029234/">a1a022: Valvoline upbound out of Portland Canal, Louisville</a>