Check out these shots of Cheyenne –a former staple in the sixth boro–recently in her new ecosystem.
Cheyenne recently assisted this unit getting out of a waterway in Detroit.
Powering the barge to a port on another Lake is Evans McKeil, built in Balboa, Panama, in 1936! In comparison, Cheyenne (1965, Brooklyn) is a youngster.
The lights from steelmaking in Detroit are truly unique.
Niagara Spirit is a large barge . . . 340′ x 78′ with a carrying capacity of almost 8000 metric tons. In this case, the cargo is just over 6000 tons of coke . . . . That’s not Coke.
And when the job is done, Cheyenne returns to her berth along the Detroit river, resting up for the next job.
All photos by an anonymous mariner.
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October 27, 2018 at 11:06 am
William Hyman
Looks remarkably bent in the first pic. Have to work on a reason why a tug should be bent like that.
October 27, 2018 at 11:19 am
tugster
lol lol . . . . pano shot?
October 28, 2018 at 11:02 am
sleepboot
Nice pictures from Paul.
Bring back memories. I worked for 14 years across the Detroit River at the ADM/UCO grain elevator facing the Rouge River and the steel plant.
Regards,
Jan.