Water & Lunch Stop in Guttenburg, Iowa |
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We were fascinated by the transit of a series of barges through the lock |
The first set of barges enters the lock |
There is Just 5 feet of clearance between the barges and the lock |
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The first 9 barges are tied off and the gates closed |
Once the lock is flooded and the barges lifted 8 feet the gates on the opposite side are opened and they are towed out with a winch. |
Once they start moving they move out of the lock by their own momentum which wasstarted by towing them. The process is repeated until all 16 barges and the tugboat pass through the lock. |
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Three 1917 Stanley's on the Ferryboat across the Mississippi at Cassville, WI |
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