Looking N from near foot of 33rd St.
<p>Towboat "R.L. Griffith" downbound below <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_%26_Indiana_Terminal_Bridge" class="extiw" title="w:Kentucky &amp; Indiana Terminal Bridge">K&amp;I Bridge</a>.
</p><p>Twin screw towboat <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> (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 "R. L. Griffith" 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 GM 16-645E7B diesels, 6140 hp.
</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" class="extiw" title="w:Ohio River">Ohio River</a> mile 607
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" class="extiw" title="w:Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>
9-Sep-2004.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/70020260@N04">William Alden</a> from Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_alden/6371012573/">a4i002_2mp: R. L. Griffith at K&amp;I Bridge</a>