This site features photographs (taken between July 27, 2004 and March 2, 2006) of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, including photos of towboats, though the boat is often a small part of the overall composition. Most photos were scanned from 6x9 cm negatives and sized to approximately 1800x1200 pixels. (You can shrink them in your browser window if you want to view the whole image.) File sizes are generally in the 400 to 800 KB range and so will take a while to download over narrow-band connections.

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine seems to have some earlier photos available, though it is a hit-or-miss thing. If you have the patience, try the Wayback Machine archived versions of this website. (Javascript must be enabled.)

Reminder: To save an image to your hard drive, place the pointer over the image, then either right-click (Windows) or hold down the mouse button (Mac) to display a popup menu, then choose "Save Image As.." Some browsers will let you incorporate an image into your desktop by choosing "Set as Wallpaper" from the popup menu, though the image may be severely cropped unless you choose the correct display option. For example, in Windows 98SE, right-click the desktop; click on "Properties"; select "Stretch" from the Display options.

Towboat (and a few non-towboat) Links

1. Old River Bill's Home Page
2. Towboat Joe's Inland River Models
3. Locate a boat:
   • Vessel locations on the Mississippi and Ohio River systems
   • Vessels in McAlpine and Cannelton pools of Ohio River
   • Queue list for McAlpine Locks
   • Locate a vessel by vessel name or vessel number (RPT04)
   • Ingram Barge boat positions
   • MEMCO boat positions (plus some non-MEMCO boats) sorted by boat name or river
   • ACBL boat positions sorted by boat name or river (See river codes in PDF format)
4. Find out more information about a boat:
   • NOAA Fisheries Vessel Documentation Search By Name
   • NOAA Fisheries Vessel Documentation Search By ID Number
   • Coast Guard PSIX Vessel Search Page
   • U.S. Shipbuilding History and Related Information, including Jeffboat, its predecessor Howard's Shipyard & Dock Co. and Marine Builders (from Maritime Business Strategies)
5. Ohio River levels and flow information:
   • Ohio River Forecast Center (from National Weather Service)
   • Ohio River flow and velocity forecasts
   • Observed and predicted stages for Louisville area and entire Mississippi River basin
   • Recent Ohio River levels (from USGS) at Clark (2nd St.) Bridge (above McAlpine Dam) and Kosmosdale (below McAlpine Dam) - You can select format (graph or table) and time interval
   • Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service clickable map (from National Weather Service)
   • Hydrographs and other info for McAlpine upper gauge and McAlpine lower gauge
6. Louisville District Locks and Dams (including McAlpine) descriptions and history
7. McAlpine Locks and Dam Replacement Project
8. Olmsted Locks and Dam Construction Project
9. Waterways Journal
10. The Stern Watch
11. River Industry Bulletin Board
12. Waterways Equipment Exchange
13. Steamboat Belle of Louisville
14. Majestic America Line (owners of Delta Queen, Mississippi Queen and American Queen)
15. Tall Stacks Online
16. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping (boatnerd.com)
17. Rivermen & Riverboats genealogy site
18. Tug and Tow (photos from England)
19. M/V Bootsie B. under construction
20. The River School
21. Dan Owen's Boat Photo Museum
22. Danube Research (shipping on the Danube River)
23. Little River Books home page, photo center and news archives
24. M/V Barbara H, formerly Donald B (sternwheel towboat) at the Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society
25. Alan's Boatyard (model building in Great Britain)
26. WWW.TUGBOAT.NL (Dutch tugboat site)
27. John Shipnet's home page and towboat page (photos from Holland)
28. Shove It! With a Towboat (formerly Towbiz)
29. US 82 Greenville Bridge construction
30. Life on the Mississippi River with David Estrada
31. Duivendijk Photo Pages (ships and tugs)
32. Wheelhouse Report
33. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley
34. Navigation Charts, incl. Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland, Green and Kanawha Rivers, in PDF format (year 2003 or 2004?) - you can also purchase printed charts
35. W.Va. Towboat Photos
36. Dick's Towboat Gallery
37. WFN page at Inland Marine Radio History Archive
38. Louisville Municipal Boat Harbor
39. Towboater.com online magazine
40. Living Lands and Waters
41. Binnenvaart.web-log (in Dutch)
42. Towboat World and Tugs & Tows discussion groups
43. Media stories about towboating
    • Life on a Towboat (from Minnesota Public Radio) story and slide show
    • Mississippi Drifting (from Riverfront Times)
    • Piloting 1,000 feet of barges (from MSNBC)
      Slide shows in this article require Macromedia Flash player. If they don't appear within the article, try opening them in separate windows: First and second double-cut lockage slide shows.
    • Three-part story on towboating from Christian Science Monitor: Part One, Part Two and Part Three
    • The rhythm of river life (from Southeast Missourian)

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