I've never heard of something as big as a gate leaf on an Ohio River lock falling off and going missing, but apparently that is what happened at the Markland Locks and Dam below Cincinnati.
If the Corps of Engineers wasn't so security conscious nowadays, I would go down and try to get a photo of boat using sonar trying to find something so big. But you can't get near the locks nowadays unless you're on a boat.
More later, I hope.
2 comments:
American structures are going to start falling apart at a rapid rate. I am sad to say that these kinds of accidents will become more prevalent. We do not have the resources needed to make sure our country does not fall into disrepair. On the other hand, it seems to me much more expensive to fix things after they fall apart!
Can you imagine if a towboat would have been in the chamber locking and the gate fell off!!!!!!!!!
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