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Camera location	38° 15′ 33.6″ N, 85° 45′ 03.39″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	38.259333; -85.750942

Looking NNW from wharf near foot of Bingham Way
Towboat Jean Akin downbound, with snow and ice
Within the past several days before this photo was taken, 16 inches of snow fell and the temperature dipped to 22 degrees below zero
It is unusual to see this much ice on the river at Louisville, but it is not thick enough to prevent tows from moving
Clark (2nd St.) Bridge in background, with Conrail (later L&I) Bridge and upper gates of McAlpine Dam in distance at left

The single-screw towboat Jean Akin (Coast Guard doc. # 562676, length 102 feet, breadth 26 feet, GM 16-645E6 diesel, 1800 hp) was built in 1975 by St. Louis Ship, St. Louis, Missouri
It is owned by Crounse Corp., Paducah, Kentucky
Still operating in 2018

Ohio River mile 604
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
22-Jan-1994
file # 94a027

72 MB Photo CD #4, img0007
scanned from 6x9 cm Kodachrome

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