Mayor Andrew Broaddus (Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky)

USA / Kentucky / Louisville / Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky / River Road
 wharf, barge, lifeboat/lifesaving station
Mayor Andrew Broaddus (formerly Life-Saving Station No. 10),is a floating former Coast Guard life-saving station usually moored at the foot of Fourth Street, on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. Broaddus now serves as the wharfboat, housing offices and shops for the city's other historic vessel, Belle of Louisville.

The Broaddus was built in 1929 in Dubuque, Iowa. It has a steel hull, and is 98 feet (30 m) long, a beam of 38 feet (12 m), a Hold Depth of 5 feet (1.5 m), and has 623 Net Tons. It has two decks, and a 15-foot-tall (4.6 m) lookout tower. It has much of its original interior fabric, and is considered in good condition.

Mayor Andrew Broaddus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989

www.nps.gov/history/maritime/nhl/mayor.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_Andrew_Broaddus
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Coordinates:   38°15'33"N   85°45'18"W

Comments

  • Listed by many official sources as Coast Guard Station #276
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