Here, she is modeled as she looked about 1974, when I rode her in the setting out the lights on the fleet. She's built by Humboldt, and owned by Mt. Vernon Barge Service. The Kay D was built in 1940, and served many decades of the Mississippi River system. Here, she is modeled as she looked in 1968, when owned by the Marine Transportation Company of Dyersburg, Tenn. and making regular trips to Mt. Vernon, Indiana, bringing crude oil to the Farm Bureau refinery dock. There are about 525 parts.
Material is mostly posterboard.
All lights operate off a single 9V battery.