Thursday, November 5, 2009

Odds and ends, 11/5/09


It looks like repairs to the Markland Locks and Dam might not be finished until next April, The Courier-Journal in Louisville reports.

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As I have said before, people are so concerned about the pollution that comes out of the stacks of coal-fired power plants that they overlook what happens on land to ash and other residue. Up the river from Louisville, people are protesting plans by LG&E to build a coal ash pond larger than the one that collapsed in Tennessee last year. The pond would be on the Ohio River flood plain, and some folks are worried about what would happen to Louisville's drinking water if that pond's walls were breached. Here's a story in The Chicago Tribune about it. Here's an earlier story from The Courier-Journal.

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Parts for generators at four hydroelectric plants to be built on the Ohio River will be manufactured at an Ohio River town in Monroe County OH, the Wheeling Intelligencer reports.

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Here's a cool reproduction of a 1766 map of the Ohio River.

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Work on Top 10 towboats continues.