Mississippi Watershed 2

A quick reprise first:  back in Nola, here Connie 2 assists B. John Yeager dock a tow along Algiers.  Route 90 bridge in the background.

Here’s the mystery vessel from the last post:  the retired MV Mississippi IV in Vicksburg, positioned here in 2007 when an even larger replacement came on line.

In Memphis, it’s Richard headed southbound under the I-55 bridge.

From Fort Defiance Park in Cairo, Il, that’s the Route 60 bridge over the Ohio . . . at the very end of the Ohio.  The confluence is behind me.  Tug is ADM’s American Pillar.  Note the barges and tugs along the far bank.

Less than a quarter mile away, along the Mississippi bank, it’s AEP’s Michael G. Morris.  The bridge is the Mississippi crossing of Route 60.

And in between the two previous fotos, here’s the commingling.  Notice the Ohio on the left is muddier than the Mississippi on the right.  Coming thru is Okie Moore’s Diving and Salvage’s  Stephen Foster, pusing crane barges and Captain Val, based along the Missouri.

And finally for now, it’s Gateway Express as seen from the top of the St Louis Arch and

from the St Louis bank.

Many more to come from points in between . . .  from Will Van Dorp.