_87j082.jpg){kind=link}
_87j082.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1){kind=link}
Original file (2,996 × 2,000 pixels, file size: 3.26 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
_87j082.jpg){kind=link}
Summary
| Description |
English: Looking NW (downstream) from Matthew E. Welsh Bridge between Meade Co., Kentucky, and Harrison Co., Indiana Towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809) upbound |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | William Alden |
| Camera location |   | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  |
|---|
_87j082.jpg¶ms=038.016050_N_-086.197631_E_globe:Earth_type:camera_heading:315.00_region:US-KY&language=en){kind=link}
Twin-screw towboat "Ben McCool" (doc. # 270809)
Length 100 feet, breadth 30 feet, GM diesels, 1800 hp [rebuilt in 1994 as a triple-screw boat]
Built in 1955 by Marine Welding & Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi
Originally "Ben McCool", owned by Greenville Towing Co., Inc., Greenville, Mississippi
Sold to Cenac Towing Co., Inc., Houma, Louisiana, and renamed "Jean Pierre Cenac" in 1992
Rebuilt as triple-screw by Cenac Shipyard, Houma, Louisiana, in 1994
Sold to Teppco Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2008
Sold to Enterprise Marine Services LLC, Houma, in 2009
Renamed "Jean Pierre" in 2010
Sold to Tesza Marine, Inc., Winter Park, Florida, and sent to Columbia, South America, in 2012
The "Ben McCool" is towing (actually pushing, but it's called towing in the United States) two empty tank barges, each about 295 feet long and 54 feet wide. The width was not chosen arbitrarily; two of these barges can fit side by side in the locks of the Mississippi River system, which are 110 feet wide.
The starboard barge is "HBL 3008", owned by Houston Barge Line. This type of tank barge is used to transport thick liquids such as asphalt. The cargo tanks are under the deck, but on deck one can see pipes for loading and unloading the cargo, diesel-powered pumps, and heaters (with rusty cylindrical exhaust pipes) which keep the cargo warm enough to be pumped out (around 300 degrees F for asphalt).
___________________
File # 87j082
scanned from 35 mm Kodachrome slide
Licensing
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 15:22, 2 April 2017 | | 2,996 × 2,000 (3.26 MB) | William Alden | User created page with UploadWizard |
_87j082.jpg){kind=link}