File:99c033 8mp new stacks for Belle of Louisville (6692278099).jpg
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English: Wharf near foot of 3rd St.:
New smokestacks for steamer "Belle of Louisville" (doc. # 212813). Old stacks have been removed. For more information, see the Belle's National Historic Landmark Study. Sternwheel steamboat "Belle of Louisville" (Length 192 feet - Width 41 feet - capacity 998 passengers). Built 1914 by James Rees & Sons Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and rebuilt in 1968 by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Two engines, each 16 inches in diameter with a 6 1/2 foot stroke. Three return flue boilers (built by Nooter Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, and placed in 1968), each 28 feet long by 56 inches outside diameter, with 13 six inch flues. Burns fuel oil. Originally named "Idlewild" and owned by the West Memphis Packet Co., the boat operated at times as a packet, excursion boat and ferry. In 1928, the boat was sold to New St. Louis and Calhoun Packet Corp., Hardin, Illinois. In 1947, the boat was sold to J. Herod Gorsage, Peoria, Illinois, and in 1948 she was renamed "Avalon". In 1950, the boat was sold to Steamer Avalon, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1962, the boat was sold at auction for $34,000 to Jefferson County, Kentucky, under the leadership of County Judge Marlow Cook, and renamed "Belle of Louisville". As of 2018, the boat was operating public and private cruises from the Louisville wharf. See more info about the Belle. Ohio River mile 604. Louisville, Ky. 16-Mar-1999. 99c033. . Kodak Portra 160NC, 6x9 cm, Epson V500, Vuescan, medium infrared clean. |
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Source | 99c033_8mp: new stacks for Belle of Louisville |
Author | William Alden from Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
Camera location | 38° 15′ 33.46″ N, 85° 45′ 16.56″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.259294; -85.754599 |
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Camera manufacturer | Epson |
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Camera model | PerfectionV500 |
Copyright holder | William Alden III |
Date and time of data generation | 12:00, 1 March 1999 |
Horizontal resolution | 1,600 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 1,600 dpi |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
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Exif version | 2 |
Date and time of digitizing | 18:21, 9 January 2012 |
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Color space | sRGB |