<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville and Portland Canal">Portland Canal</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Street_Bridge_(Ohio_River)" class="extiw" title="w:Fourteenth Street Bridge (Ohio River)">Fourteenth Street (L&amp;I) Bridge</a>:
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(boat)" class="extiw" title="w:Pusher (boat)">Towboat</a> "William Clark" upbound, passing under raised <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical-lift_bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Vertical-lift bridge">lift span</a> of bridge
</p><p>The single screw towboat "William Clark" (doc. # 254920, length 98 feet, breadth 28 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_567" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 567">GM 16-567AC</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine" class="extiw" title="w:Diesel engine">diesel</a>, repowered 1966, 1600 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/horsepower" class="extiw" title="w:horsepower">horsepower</a>) was built in 1948 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel Co.</a>, St. Louis, Missouri
The boat was first owned by Butcher-Arthur, Houston, Texas, then Commercial Petroleum &amp; Transport Corp., Houston, which in 1955 became Commercial Transport Corp., Houston.
In 1962, the boat was sold to Wisconsin Barge Line, Cassville, Wisconsin.
In 1969, it was sold to Pott Industries, St. Louis.
In 1970, it was sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hinesfurlongline.com/about_history.htm">Hines</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Bowling Green, Kentucky">Bowling Green, Kentucky</a> (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/grifsgraphics/4042552911/">photo of boat when owned by Hines</a>)
In 1989, it was sold to McBride Towing Co., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrods_Creek,_Louisville" class="extiw" title="w:Harrods Creek, Louisville">Harrods Creek, Kentucky</a>
In 2005, the boat was renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmschneid/7827695338/">"Danny McBride."</a>
Still operating in 2017.
</p><p>This boat was named for the explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clark" class="extiw" title="w:William Clark">William Clark</a>, who (together with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis" class="extiw" title="w:Meriwether Lewis">Meriwether Lewis</a>) led the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition" class="extiw" title="w:Lewis and Clark Expedition">Lewis and Clark Expedition</a> to explore the American West.
</p><p>In 1948, Butcher-Arthur had six very similar boats built by St. Louis Shipbuilding and Steel and all were named for famous historical characters: Davy Crockett, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Wesley_M.php?pic=3&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=1">Meriwether Lewis</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmschneid/6212446858/">Sam Houston</a>, Samuel Clemens, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cottergarage/4183603364/">Stephen Foster</a> and William Clark.
</p><p><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>
5-Dec-1998.
File # 98l012.
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Epson V500 scanner; Vuescan software.
<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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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6609330189/">98l012: William Clark upbound on Ohio River at L&amp;I Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky</a>