File:Towboat Craig E. Philip at George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge Ohio River mile 604 Louisville Kentucky USA September 2004 file a4i018.jpg
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DescriptionTowboat Craig E. Philip at George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge Ohio River mile 604 Louisville Kentucky USA September 2004 file a4i018.jpg |
English: Towboat Craig E. Philip upbound at George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge Ohio River mile 604 |
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Author | William Alden III |
Camera location | 38° 15′ 33.46″ N, 85° 45′ 08.37″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 38.259294; -85.752325 |
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Looking N from Kentucky end of Clark Bridge
Towboat Craig E. Philip upbound.
Construction of the Louisville Municipal Bridge (renamed George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in 1949; commonly known as the Second Street Bridge) began on June 30, 1928, and the bridge was opened to traffic on Nov. 1, 1929.
The bridge is built on 8 piers (numbered I through VIII from the Kentucky side to the Indiana side), including 2 on land.
The bridge consists of two cantilever bridges placed end to end (meeting at pier IV) and a through truss bridge between piers VII and VIII.
The contractor for the piers was the Vang Construction Company; the steel superstructure was built by the American Bridge Company.
The 6 river piers were situated on bedrock by means of steel caissons filled with concrete.
The granite facing extends about 5 feet below the water level at pool ("normal") stage, and concrete fills the interior of the piers.
During construction, several courses of stone would be set during the daytime and the concrete backing would be poured at night.
The granite for 4 of the piers (numbers I, III, IV and VI) came from the Stone Mountain [Georgia] Granite Company, while that for the other 4 piers (including pier II, seen here at left) came from the H. E. Fletcher Company, West Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
The upstream faces of the piers form a smooth vertical edge, which helps prevent floating debris and ice from piling up against the pier, while the other surfaces are rusticated.
The total cost of the bridge, including a $50,000 special capital fund, was $4,821,087.75 .
Construction was funded by the issuance of revenue bonds, which were paid off by tolls collected from 1929 until 1946.
As of 2018, the superstructure is being painted yellow, a significant change from the previous grey paint.
Source of bridge information:
Final Report of Louisville Bridge Commission 1946
McKay Reed, Chairman
Orpha H. Hudson, Secretary and Treasurer
Published Nov. 1, 1946
OCLC [Online Computer Library Center] number 830671697
The main branch of the Louisville Free Public Library has a non-circulating copy of this book
The call number is KH (Kentucky History) R624 L888f
Twin screw towboat Craig E. Philip (Coast Guard doc. # 530090, length 170 feet, breadth 40 feet, GM 16-645E7B diesels, 6120 horsepower)
Built in 1970 by Jeffboat, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Originally named H. R. LaBar and owned by M/G Transport Services, Cincinnati, Ohio
Sold in 1994 to Ingram Barge Co., Nashville, Tennessee, and renamed Craig E. Philip
Renamed G. Allen Oldham in 2010
Still operating in 2018
Ohio River mile 604
Upper gauge = 20 feet (about 8 feet above "normal")
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Sept. 23, 2004
file # a4i018
Fuji NPH 400 film, 90 mm lens.
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