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| Drag line crane |
On September 12, my good friend Blair Bice took me to a site near the Old River Control Structure where Luhr Bros. was unloading a barge of stone to repair the river bank of the Mississippi River for the Corps of Engineers. During high water in June, the banks of the river were eroded.
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| Blair, Danny, Dave |
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| Navigation chart of river |
After we left the job site, we drove over to the Overflow Channel where they showed me gabions that had been laid back in the '80s. Gabions are baskets made out of steel wire mesh that are filled with stone and used to prevent erosion. This massive field of gabions was most impressive.
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| Danny explaining gabions |
The day was another opportunity to learn more about the Old River Control Structure and the efforts being made to try to control aspects of this mighty river we know as the Mississippi.
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