File:Water taxi approaching wharf Louisville Kentucky USA Ohio River mile 604 April 1993 file 93d071.jpg

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English: Water taxi approaching wharf near foot of 3rd Street

Ohio River mile 604
Louisville, Kentucky, USA

April 1993
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Author William Alden III
Camera location38° 15′ 33.05″ N, 85° 45′ 16.75″ W  Heading=0° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Looking N from Louisville wharf near 3rd Street

Water taxi (perhaps better described as a small ferry) "Kon Tiki" preparing to dock.
This boat shuttled between the Louisville wharf and Towboat Annie's restaurant (just upstream from Clark (2nd St.) Bridge in Jeffersonville, Indiana) during Derby Week.
Apparently TARC (Transit Authority of River City) leased the boat from B.B. Riverboats of Covington, Kentucky, for this temporary taxi service.

The twin-screw towboat "Kon Tiki" (USCG doc. # 256338, length 62 feet, breadth 22 feet, GM diesels, 330 hp) was built in 1948 by Missouri Valley Steel, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Originally named "Delores Billie", the boat was owned by William Pietrzyk.
In 1964, the boat was sold to Kansas City [Kansas] Riverboat to be used for passenger excursions and renamed "Westport".
The boat had a capacity of 49 passengers and pushed a 210 passenger excursion barge.
Sometime before this photo was taken, the boat and barge were sold to B.B. Riverboats, Covington, Kentucky, and renamed "Kon Tiki".
In 1997, the boat was renamed "River Raft".
The boat's documentation expired in 2012 and its current status is unknown to me.

Ohio River mile 604
Louisville, Kentucky
26-Apr-1993

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