A lot of us take pictures of the Ohio River -- bridges, wildlife, sunsets and boats. Barry Griffith does, too, but he does something a bit more labor intensive, too. He does some good line drawings of towboats, as you can see in this example.
As far as I know, he's one of the few people who do such drawings of towboats -- a relatively unknown part of the transportation system here in the middle of the country.
2 comments:
I was wondering what the usual courses are for these boats? They come past Huntington but where do they go and come from? Like migrating birds one sees, most people have know little idea about their routes. If you were to write an article on the subject or do a post, I would be very interested to know.
Jim
Thanks for the kind words. I enjoy doing the drawings and have started on a set of the classics with the Gulf Inlander being the first and now have the big Union Barge Line 'Cornell" on the drawing board. This boat has 49 windows and doors on the port side that I am profiling----Todays boats sure don't have that number--in contrast the Michael G. Morris (ex. Joy Anne Keller) only has 19 and is close in length. They sure don't make them like they used to!!
Enjoy your blog!
Barry Griffith
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