Mississippi River, Lock and Dam 18, Gladstone IL/Burlington IA, 15 Barge "Split Tow" 2023 

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

Are the first 9 hooked up to a pulley system??

Yeah it was quite a pleasant surprise to see that. Ill also do a video of the crane and Quincy soon. It's hard to realize that actual scale of things, that crane is very impressive in person.

Yeah its a nice facility, would be a good webcam place.

Hi, Good to hear from you. There will be a video of the crane coming through which I think was before you arrived. There will also be one with the Michael Poindexter and 4 barges, I don't have any video of the City of Joliet, with the chemical barges, which was just before this tow though.

I don't think so. I'm not sure what they use for benchmarks for the river levels.

They use a winch to pull the first 9 barges out. Look for the winch under the small square roof, it sits at an angle near the upper lock doors. Also notice the angled yellow caution lines where the cable crosses the walkway.

Thanks, i wondered that myself.

As long as necessary to get everything through. For a split tow about 2 hours is pretty common.

No, I don't sorry.

Да лебедка их тянет.