File:87i074 Valvoline departing Portland Canal upbound on Ohio River at Louisville (7355397742).jpg

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English: Looking E from Portland Canal at Fourteenth Street (Conrail) Bridge.

Towboat "Valvoline", with distinctive red stack casings of Ashland Oil fleet, upbound out of canal with empty tank barges.

Downtown buildings include Galt House (completed 1972), One Riverfront Plaza (completed 1972), National City Tower (completed 1972) and Humana Building (completed 1985). Part of Clark Bridge (completed 1929) visible in center distance.

Concrete guidewall at right appears to be recently built. These guidewalls assist pilots in keeping their tows within the navigation channel when passing under the lift span of the bridge, especially during high water.

Twin screw towboat "Valvoline" (doc. # 916834, length 150 feet, breadth 45 feet, Cat 3606 diesels, 4200 hp.) Built in 1987 by Quality Shipyards, Houma, Louisiana Originally named "Valvoline" and owned by Ashland, Inc., Ashland, Kentucky Transferred in 1998 to Marathon Ashland Petroleum, Ashland, Kentucky Firm name changed in 2005 to Marathon Petroleum Co., Ashland, Kentucky Renamed "Nashville" in 2011 Still operating in 2017

Ohio River mile 605 Louisville, Kentucky Sept. 1987 File # 87i074

scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.

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Author William Alden from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Camera location38° 15′ 47.11″ N, 85° 46′ 18.2″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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