Here's the story on the tow that Hollowfox promised. Interesting how it happened......
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This incident occured in the late 1970's on the Black Warrior River at Demopolis, AL. Further investigation procured this response from Captain Robyn Strickland:

"I am assuming that you are speaking of the photos of the M/V Cahaba being pulled through under the Demopolis Bridge. A series of 20 photos showing the passing of the vessel under the bridge and her uprighting on the other side. This occurred when the crew attempted to turn their barges loose and let them pass under one span of the bridge so that the vessel could pass through the other side during high water conditions which, at that time, was pretty standard. When the crew was unable to release the starboard face wire the vessel was pulled under due to the currrent. To everyone's amazement she resurfaced and the engineer was able to start one of her engines and they reconnected to the tow and went on down the river. The vessel belonged to Warrior and Gulf at that time. These pictures were sent to me by Warrior and Gulf when I was doing some research on how the vessel came to have a dent at the top of the second cabin. Madison Coal (Charleston, WVA) had purchased her and I was curious as to how this dent occurred. She is now named the Captain Ed Harris. I used the photos in river history displays and gave copies to various people and the Ohio River Museum."

From Captain Robyn Strickland of the M/V City of Sisterville, formerly the M/V Judge Hickman of Nashville.
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"And now you know the rest of the story"..........

Thanks Hollowfox!!!

Spaw