Wednesday, January 15, 2014

River Traffic

Barge On Mississippi 2014-01-11 2

Despite the low water huge barges continue to ply the Mississippi. The most likely cargo is grain or coal. I have no idea how anyone can steer these giants in the river's currents.

Comments on my colleague's blogs may be light over the next few days. Way too many things to do. Then, around Saturday, my world goes completely slack (in the best possible way).         

Barge On Mississippi 2014-01-11 1

8 comments:

Olivier said...

le bateau est impressionnant, surtout quand on voit le rapport avec les deux hommes sur la premiere photo

s.c said...

Nice boats but I think I prefer the old mississippi steamers with their double pipes and big wheels.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

In high school I did a lot of sailing on the Mississippi just above Alton Lock & Dam. We stayed far away from the barges.

Luis Gomez said...

Lovely shots Bob.

William Kendall said...

Looking at these, I'm inclined to wonder what Twain would have made of the river today.

Memphis MOJO said...

I took a ride on one of these boats and was lucky enough to get to go up to where the captain is. They have radar-like equipment that shows him the proper river channel to keep the boat in.

He said the Mississippi isn't too bad because they keep it dredged. This Missouri River, on the other hand . . .

cieldequimper said...

That's a bit of a long one...

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I did a bit of a double take here Bob, that really is a long barge!