As an Iowa farm boy, when I had time, I would run down to Toolesburo Landing and sit and watch the tows go by. I watched amazed at the crews navigated the Mississippi around the bends and followed the marked bouy routes. The whole time those big diesels were singing away shouldering the load. I also lived catching them lock thru at Muscatine or Keokuk, and seeing them maneuver Such large vessel in tight spaces. Glad I grew up close enough to of experienced these things.
That's for now work for Ingram back in the '70s late '80s never did work on this boat but worked on several others Stevie Crowley was Port Captain he was a fine man He and I went to school together
I worked on the rhine, on a simular ship but we Transport only 6 barges with 6000 PS. Very intersesting to See this. I dream about to come to the USA an see the shipp Traffic in the Mississippi.
