Lock & Dam repair plan expected soon
Six months after a pair of barges crashed in the dam at the East Bank of the Columbus Lock & Dam, Corps of Engineers Operations Manager Rick Saucer has an idea of the extent of the damage down the one of the dam’s five massive gates.
Tenn-Tom administrator: Damage minimal at Lock and Dam
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Administrator Craig Stepan said the past month’s barge issues at the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam aren’t a cause for concern.
Barge removal complete at Lock & Dam
About 2 p.m. Wednesday, the towboat James Garrett moved the second barge away from the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam, pushing it against the west bank of the Tombigbee River approximately 19 days after the barge and another became lodged against the dam, creating a brief tourist attraction.
Barge removal underway
One down, one to go.
Work began Tuesday on salvage operations at the east bank of the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam in Columbus, where two run-away barges came to rest after colliding with the dam on Dec. 26.
Slimantics: Salvage operations are the talk of the Tombigbee
It began with a trickle of spectators braving the frosty early morning Tuesday to watch as the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based River Salvage Co. arrived at the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam to start work on removing two barges that had lodged against the dam, one half-submerged, the other resting tranquilly atop it.
Photo: Barge removal begins
Salvage crews from River Salvage Co., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, work this morning to remove the first of the two barges that broke loose from their moorings and came to rest on the east bank of the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam on Dec. 26.
Slimantics: Rubber-necking at the river
When I was a kid, one of my elementary classmates was a boy named Mike Davis. I remember Mike mainly because of the odd hobby he and his dad enjoyed.
Barges remain stuck in the Tombigbee
The Tom Soya Grain Company is considering how to remove three of its barges that are stuck in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Operations manager: Tenn-Tom Waterway waters receding
Rick Saucer, operations manager with the Tenn-Tom Waterway, said that on Tuesday morning the river’s headwater elevation was at 165.68 feet. It peaked, he said, at 166.03 feet about 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Stuck barges disrupt well-traveled water route
During an average week, Golden Triangle residents may not think about the barges that cruise up and down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, carrying raw materials and people from port to port.
Barge sinks, restricts flow at Lock & Dam
One of two barges that became stuck against gates at the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam in Columbus this weekend sunk at about 6 a.m. today.
Photos: Barge pile-up at lock & dam
A pair of barges rest against the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam in Columbus on Saturday.
Fuel barges explode in Mobile
Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze today that erupted hours earlier when two fuel barges exploded in Mobile, Ala., leaving three people with critical burns and forcing the evacuation of crew from a nearby cruise ship.