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File:Steamboat Belle of Louisville at wharf with George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in distance Louisville Kentucky USA Ohio River mile 604 December 1987 file 87l055.jpg

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Author William Alden
Camera location38° 15′ 32.55″ N, 85° 45′ 25.53″ W  Heading=67.5° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Looking ENE from Belvedere between 4th and 5th Sts.
Steamer "Belle of Louisville" (Coast Guard documentation # 212813) docked at wharf near foot of 4th St.
Pink barges near 3rd St. are Splash bar and Islands restaurant
Towboat "Dakota Storm" (doc. # 282986) downbound at George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge (commonly known as 2nd Street Bridge)

Ohio River mile 604
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Dec. 1987
File # 87l055

This sternwheel steamboat was built in 1914 by James Rees and Sons Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The hull was originally 158 feet long and 36 feet wide, with a 5-foot draft.
The two steam engines are 16 inches in diameter with a stroke of 6.5 feet.
The paddlewheel is about 17 feet in diameter and the blades (also called buckets) of the wheel are made of hard white oak, 24 feet long.
Originally named "Idlewild", the boat was owned by West Memphis Packet Co. and operated variously as a packet, excursion boat and ferry.
In 1928, the boat was sold to New St. Louis and Calhoun Packet Corp., Hardin, Illinois.
In 1947, the boat was sold to J. Herod Gorsage, Peoria, Illinois.
In 1948, the boat was renamed "Avalon".
In 1950, the boat was sold to Steamer Avalon Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1962, the boat was sold to Jefferson County, Kentucky, and renamed "Belle of Louisville".
In 1966, a new 32-whistle steam calliope (the Belle's third since 1924) was installed at the stern of the Texas roof. This calliope was troublesome and the whistles eventually failed. In 1988, new whistles were installed, making the calliope operational again.
In 1968, the boat was rebuilt by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Indiana. A longer bow was added, bringing the hull length to 168 feet and the total length including the sternwheel to 192 feet. Three new return flue boilers (each 28 feet long, outside diameter 56 inches, 13 flues, heated with fuel oil) were installed.
As of 2018, the boat is still running public and private cruises from the 4th St. wharf.

Twin screw towboat "Dakota Storm" (USCG doc. # 282986, MMSI 366821510, length 120 feet, width 38 feet, GM 16-645E2 diesels [repowered in 1980], 3900 hp)
This boat was built in 1960 by Marine Welding and Repair Works, Greenville, Mississippi.
Originally "Gilda McCool", the boat was owned by Gilder McCool and J. W. Tarver, Greenville, and leased to several firms.
One of the operators was Inland Waterways, St. Louis, Missouri, which renamed her "Julie Ann" in 1969 and later bought the boat in 1971.
In 1973, the boat was sold to Nilo Barge Line, St. Louis.
In 1978, the boat was sold again and in 1981 renamed "Constance M. Igert" by Igert, Inc., Paducah, Kentucky.
In 1987, the boat was sold to Cherokee Barge Line, Paducah, and renamed "Dakota Storm".
In 1988, the boat was sold to Marquette Transportation Co., Paducah, and in 1989 renamed "Cindy L. Erickson".
In 1994, the boat was sold to Great Lakes Transport and Towing Co., West Nyack, New York, renamed "Pat Diccianni", and taken to the Hudson River.
In 1996, the boat was sold to Barker Boys Towing Co., Roslyn, N.Y.
In 2001, the boat was sold to Southern Towing Co., Memphis, Tennessee, and renamed "Robert Ingle".
Still in operation as of 2017

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