Looking SW from upper end of main (1200-foot) lock at McAlpine Locks
Towboat "Elizabeth Marie" departing lock, upbound
Twin screw towboat "Elizabeth Marie" (doc. # 264533, length 118 feet, breadth 27 feet, GM 12-645E diesels, repowered 1991, 2400 hp.)
Built 1952 by Hillman Barge & Construction Co., Brownsville, Pennsylvania
Originally "Henry L. Hillman", owned by Hillman Transportation Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sold in 1966 to Canal Barge Co., New Orleans, Louisiana, and renamed "Lydia E. Campbell"
Sold in 1972 to Excavation Construction, Inc., Riverdale, Maryland, taken to Baltimore area, renamed "Lillie E. Campbell"
Sold in 1973 to Twin City Barge & Towing Co., St. Paul, Minnesota, and renamed "Morning Star"
Sold in 1975 to Three Rivers Rock Co., Smithland, Kentucky, and renamed "Betty LeBlanc"
Sold in 1979 to Southern Towing Co., Memphis, Tennessee, and renamed "Dee Lane"
Sold in 1990 to M&H Enterprise, Houston, Texas, and renamed "Billy-Mike" in 1991
Operated by Arkansas River Co., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold in 1997 to Northstar Navigation, Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed "Elizabeth Marie"
Sold in 2004 to Millenium Trading Corp., Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sank in Hurricane Katrina in 2005
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