99f102: Louisville riverfront with River Wolverine downbound at Clark Bridge
Image by Bill Alden
Looking SSW from Clark Bridge:
Towboat "River Wolverine" downbound, passing Louisville riverfront.
At wharf (from left): Excursion boat "Star of Louisville"; floating restaurant "Towboat Annie’s" (including old towboat and two deck barges); fire boat "Louisville One"; wharf boat "Mayor Andrew Broaddus"; excursion steamer "Belle of Louisville" and diesel excursion boat "Spirit of Jefferson" (partly visible).
Ohio River mile 604
Louisville, Kentucky
30-Jun-1999.
File # 99F102.
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Towboat "River Wolverine" (doc. # 263098).
Length 116 feet, width 30 feet, twin screw GM 12-567E2 diesels, 2400 horsepower.
Built in 1952 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, Missouri
Originally named "La Salle" and owned by Commercial Transport Corp., Houston, Texas.
Sold in 1974 to Tennessee Towing, Memphis, Tennessee.
Sold in 1981 and operated by Igert, Paducah.
Sold in 1987 to Tolen Marine, Paducah, and renamed "Claudia T".
Sold in 1997 to McNational, South Point, Ohio, and renamed "River Wolverine".
Operated by Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati.
Renamed "Capt. Dick Morton" in 2005.
Sold in 2008 (?) to Marquette Transportation, Paducah, and renamed "Blessed Sacrament".
scanned from 6×9 cm negative
