Looking down from upriver side of Clark Bridge:
Towboat "City of Pittsburgh" downbound.
Twin screw towboat "City of Pittsburgh" (USCG doc. # 280927, MMSI 366996090, length 148 feet, width 35 feet, GM 16-567C-E2 diesels, 3200 HP.)
Built in 1960 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pennsylvania
Originally named "Franklin Pierce", owned by Franklin Petroleum Transit, Butler, Pennsylvania
Sold in 1976 to TPT Division of Ashland Oil, Freedom, Pennsylvania, and renamed "City of Pittsburgh"
Sold in 1993 to TPT Transportation Co., Freedom
Sold in 1995 to Brent Transportation Corp., Greenville, Mississippi
Transferred in 1998 to Kirby Inland Marine LP, Houston, Texas
Still operating in 2017
Ohio River mile 604
Louisville, Kentucky
November 16, 2005
file # a5k024
Scanned from 6x9 cm Kodak 400UC negative
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