File:Towboat Valvoline upbound with empty tank barges in Portland Canal Louisville Kentucky USA Ohio River mile 605 1987 file 87i075.jpg
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| Author | William Alden III |
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Looking E from Portland Canal at Fourteenth Street (Conrail) Bridge
Towboat "Valvoline", with well-known stack colors of Ashland Oil Company, upbound out of canal with empty tank barges
Downtown buildings and Clark Bridge in 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 # 87i075
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
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