First Barge?

  • big dad
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 238
    March 23, 2005 at 2:35 pm #1314830

    I read in the Rochester paper (on line – may have been yesterday’s news) that there was a barge at Wabasha tied up waiting for another one coming up to bust through Lake Pepin. Any movement yet?

    jhalfen
    Posts: 4179
    March 23, 2005 at 3:04 pm #351714

    Still looks like there is more than 2 feet of ice at mile 770 with not a lot of melting going on. I’m wondering about this too, since the breakup will send icebergs down through pool 5.

    Lake Pepin ice report Mar 22

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    March 23, 2005 at 3:23 pm #351722

    It can’t be long. There was 2 barges go through pool 8 on Sunday

    Art
    Posts: 439
    March 23, 2005 at 7:44 pm #351823

    Monday they were breaking the ice by the grain terminal in Winona. Usually when they do that the barges are there within a day.

    jhall
    Lake City, MN
    Posts: 590
    March 24, 2005 at 3:49 pm #352100

    Got word this morning that they were on their way up into the lake.

    kornking
    Mount Vernon, Iowa
    Posts: 396
    March 25, 2005 at 5:45 am #352272

    I pulled this off the Corps navigation website.:

    Vessels Current Location in Pools for Mississippi River : Pool 04
    Run at 23:25:01 on 03/24/2005

    *REPORTING PERIOD : 03/11/2005 – 03/24/2005

    Date & Time determined by S(tatus) column: A=Arrival,L=StartLockage,D=EndLockage

    VesselName Vessel# Date Time Status Total Barges
    ——————————————————————————–

    Pool 4 Up Bound
    MAGNOLIA 0530803 03-21-05 08:40cst D 3
    MARK SHURDEN 0536086 03-23-05 15:00cst D 3

    Total Vessels = 2 Up-Bound = 2 Down-Bound = 0

    robby
    Quad Cities
    Posts: 2821
    March 26, 2005 at 3:41 pm #352539

    I have been seeing the empties running upstream for the past 2 weeks now. This is way down here in pools 15 and 16. I would assume that they are north of that also.

    Chris
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1396
    March 27, 2005 at 3:23 am #352595

    A guy I work with said he was in Lake City today testing out his new camera and I asked him about the barges. He said they were breaking ice today on Pepin I wish his pictures would have turned out better ‘cus I’d like to see the process there….especially when one of the breakers got stuck today. Watch out downstream you’ve got some big chunks headed your way

    jhalfen
    Posts: 4179
    March 27, 2005 at 4:21 pm #352679

    We were dodging icebergs below Alma all day yesterday.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    March 28, 2005 at 3:44 pm #352858

    Here they come!

    Navigation Season Begins On Mississippi

    Mar 28, 2005 7:54 am US/Central
    St. Paul (AP) The first tug boat of the season is on its way to St. Paul, marking the start of the navigation season.

    The Theresa L- Wood locked through Red Wing, Minn. Monday morning after breaking its way through Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River this weekend. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects the boat to reach St. Paul Monday afternoon.

    The average opening date of the navigation season is March 20. Officials say this year is a little later due to colder weather and thick ice on Lake Pepin.

    (© 2005 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. )

    glenn-walker
    Shakopee, MN
    Posts: 858
    March 28, 2005 at 5:11 pm #352879

    I was in Prairie Du Chien this weekend and a tug was pushing in the first barge into the sand pit. Spring is here

    nate-cadwell
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 498
    March 28, 2005 at 5:54 pm #352889

    Friday Afternoon the two breakers were at Maple Springs and Sunday night at 9:30 they were at the Lake City Pier.
    so I don’t know if they locked thru this morning but if they did they made a heck of alot of progress last night.

    jhall
    Lake City, MN
    Posts: 590
    March 28, 2005 at 6:08 pm #352894

    First one went by Lake City at about midnight, at 4am there was another one with a third right behind it. Thank god spring is here!

    kris_brantner
    My river
    Posts: 1678
    March 30, 2005 at 12:19 am #353266

    i agree its been too long of a winter. they didnt really have that far to break through. mainly down by the mouth is where the ice was the thickest. the channen was open once you got up by maiden rock im pretty sure. correct me if im wrong

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