Looking E from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville and Portland Canal">Portland Canal</a> near 18th St. overlook.
<p>Towboat "Wm. H. Zimmer" downbound.
The overlook (built in 1998-1999 atop an old bridge pier dating back to 1856; see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/Portals/64/docs/Ops/Navigation/TriumphAtTheFalls.pdf">(PDF)</a>, p. 98) is at right.
Snow on the ground.
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Twin screw towboat "Wm. H. Zimmer" (doc. # 290088, length 164.5 feet, width 41.5 feet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_diesel_engine" class="extiw" title="w:8 diesel engine">Fairbanks-Morse 38D 8-1/8</a> diesels, 4000 hp).
Built in 1962 by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/stlouisboats.htm">St. Louis Shipbuilding &amp; Steel Co.</a>, St. Louis, Missouri.
Originally <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Charlie_G-0290088.php?pic=24&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Wm. H. Zimmer"</a>, owned by Midland Enterprises, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, and operated by <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ohio981.blogspot.com/2009/07/old-ohio-river-company-boats.html">Ohio River Company</a>, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, until 1984.
Operated by R &amp; W Marine, Inc., Paducah, Kentucky from 1984 to 1986.
Sold to Excell Marine Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, and renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Charlie_G-0290088.php?pic=17&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"R.L. Griffith"</a> in 2004.
Sold to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marquettetrans.com/">Marquette Transportation Co.</a> LLC, Paducah, Kentucky, in 2007.
Renamed <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.towboatgallery.com/Charlie_G-0290088.php?pic=5&amp;tnc=1&amp;mnu=">"Charlie G"</a> in 2008.
Repowered in 2008 with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_645" class="extiw" title="w:EMD 645">GM 16-645E7B</a> diesels, 6140 hp.
Still operating in 2017.
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 605.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>.
Jan. 20, 2001.
file # a1a030.
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Scanned from 6x9 cm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-6_process" class="extiw" title="w:E-6 process">E-6</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_film" class="extiw" title="w:Reversal film">transparency</a> taken with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Fujica_GW690">Fuji GW690 II</a> (90 mm lens) or Fuji GSW690 III (65 mm lens).
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
CC BY-SA 2.0
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/40238659430/">a1a030: Wm. H. Zimmer downbound at 18th Street overlook, Louisville</a>