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Fishaholic

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Barge run aground.
« on: Jul 27, 2004, 08:41 PM »
 A Barge run a ground in St Lawance River today when the tug pushing it lost steering . I am not sure what the barge was carrying ,Some type of calcium or some thing of the sorts.We shall see how this pans out in the next few days.

BuckShotJon

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Re: Barge run aground.
« Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2004, 07:44 AM »
Heard it was calcium chloride. Timeframe to fix is indefinite as the barge still has 170,000 pounds on board.
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walleye1

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Re: Barge run aground.
« Reply #2 on: Jul 28, 2004, 08:26 AM »
The good news is that they are saying that it should have no impact on any of the aquatic life in the river.

 



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