Mark D. McCoy Photography: 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Fall Pictures 14

A few fall pictures taken around Paducah.

A Fall Walk Around Our Neighborhood

Took a few photos of the foliage around the neighborhood during our morning walk.

Ducks at Noble Park

Here are a few pics taken at Noble Park of the ducks grooming and showing off. They were enjoying themselves, fun to watch.

Ledbetter Bridge Controlled Explosion 9-24-14 Round 2

Photos from this morning's controlled explosion to bring down the second span of the old Ledbetter Bridge.

Dragon Boat Festival 2014

A few of the sites at this year's Dragon Boat Festival.

Greenway Trail Update 9-19-14 It's Getting Close!

The concrete ramps leading to the underpass are almost complete, You can now see what the retaining walls will look like when everything is completed.

Ledbetter Bridge Controlled Explosion 9-16-14

Photos form this morning's controlled explosion of the Ledbetter Bridge span.

Corvettes On The River

Some of the great cars on display at the Corvettes On The River held yesterday in Paducah.

Greenway Underpass Update 9-2-14

Photo update on Greenway Underpass - Retaining walls up on east end of tunnel. Some of the wiring ran for lights. Forms starting to be laid out for trail leading to underpass.

Greenway Trail Progress - Railings Going Up, Gravel Spread For Path

The railings on the highway are almost completed and gravel is being spread for the paths leading to the underpass.

In case you have not checked it out, here are a few photos of Paducah's new boat ramp. Great view of the river from the Brookport Bridge to Paducah's Riverfront. It is located at N. 6th and Burnett St. Large boat ramp, small floating dock, and lots of parking area.

Ledbetter Bridge Demolition Update 8-29-14

Up close view of demolition of old Ledbetter Bridge.

Paducah Project - Midtown - Keiler Park

Photos taken of Midtown and Keiler Park.

Old Ledbetter Bridge Spans Coming Down.

Concrete decks removed, steel being cut and spans starting to be dropped on old Ledbetter Bridge.

Rural King

Lots of work going on at the new Rural King store.

Duck Island Gets a New Windmill

The new windmill was moved on to Duck Island this morning.

Duck House Returns to Duck Island

The duck house returns home to the island in Noble Park.

Duck House Comes Back to Noble Park

The Duck House was delivered back to Noble Park this morning.

New Photos of the Carriage House Demolition

Photos taken the last couple of days of the demolition of the Carriage House in downtown Paducah.

Greenway Trail Underpass Progress 8/12/14

Photos taken the last couple of days of work on the retaining walls for the underpass.

Demolition of Carriage House - Paducah

Photos of the beginning demolition of the Carriage House (Ethan Allen) in Paducah.

Delta Queen and Mississippi Queen

I scanned these photos the other day from prints that were taken in the mid 80's. The quality is not the best, but look pretty good for thirty year old photos. These photos were taken on the Ohio River at Cairo, IL.

Greenway Trail Progress - Aug 6th

Getting ready for the retaining walls.

Ledbetter Bridge Progress.

Photos of deck removal and concrete dumped over side to be picked up.

Greenway Trail Progress - Forms Built - Concrete Poured!

Forms Built - Concrete Poured!

Greenway Trail Progress - Underpass Covered

The underpass for the Greenway Trail is covered over.

Projects Around Paducah

Here are a few photos of some of the projects going on around Paducah.

Filling in around underpass on Greenway Trail.

American Queen and Queen of the Mississippi at Paducah

Photos of the American Queen and the Queen of the Mississippi at the riverfront in Paducah.

Paducah Greenway Trail Progress 7/14/14

Photos taken 7/14/14 of work on trail near Brookport Bridge.

Columbus - Belmont State Park

A few photos of Columbus - Belmont State Park, including the bluff slide.

Noble Park - Goodbye Duck Island

Photos from today's work at Noble Park.

Paducah Greenway Trail near Brookport Bridge

Photos of the work being done on the underpass for the Greenway Trail.

Mitch McConnell at Market House Museum

Photographed the Market House Museum Gala Luncheon with

Sen. Mitch McConnell and Alben Barkley II.

Ledbetter Bridge Progression of Collapse

These photos show the progression of the collapse of the Ledbetter Bridge.

More Ledbetter Bridge Collapse Photos

These photos of the Ledbetter bridge were taken this afternoon. They show the bridge from the Ledbetter side as well as a few more close-ups.

Ledbetter Bridge Collapse

Photos this morning of the Ledbetter bridge.

Ledbetter Bridge Drops Again Overnight

The Ledbetter bridge dropped again after the rain last night. Now you can watch the boats through the openings between the spans. The views from the Ledbetter side shows how far the piers are leaning.

Movement on Ledbetter Bridge

There was significant movement today on the old Ledbetter bridge. You can now see the river in between the spans of the bridge. Equipment will be a arriving over the next several days to start removing the bridge. Look back at the older post to compare how the bridge has changed over the last two months