mv. Tri-State

This is one of my favorite towboats on the Ohio River -- the Tri-State, owned by Marathon Petroleum Co. I rode this boat from Parkersburg WV to South Point OH on May 10, 1980, I think. That would have been 12 years to the day before my daughter was born.

At the time I rode it, the Tri-State was owned by Ashland Oil, which later became Ashland Inc., which later sold its refining and marketing operations to Marathon.

For a long time, I rarely saw the Tri-State around here. This year I've seen it at least three times, with two of them being at the mouth of the Big Sandy River.

This photo was taken along WV 2 near Greenbottom in Cabell County.