The Waterways Journal
15 December 2008
A team of three boats helped move a load of three massive coker furnaces, built in the Tulsa, Okla., area, to Port Arthur, Texas, in October. — WJ Photo courtesy of John Shoemaker
Note from UMRA Webmaster:
We think of inland barge shipments primarily in terms of cheap movement of bulk cargos like coal, oil, and grain, but the rivers also allow shipments which can not be made in any other way.
During 2008 the contractors for the Longview Power Station, under construction just north of Morgantown, moved huge pieces of steel to a nearby terminal, then trucked them a short distance to the hilltop construction site. These pieces were too large to travel long distance by highway or rail. Our Rivers play a unique role in our lives.