I crossed the draw bridge at Florence today. I was already on the bridge when lights started flashing. I stopped to see what was coming. The only boat I saw was the little one in the top picture. I looked back upstream again and a tow was peeking around the bend. ow are few of the photos I got as the tow approached the bridge and then moved under it. The towboat was the Lydia E Cambell. She is an Illinois river boat with a pilot house that moves up and down. The barges were tanker barges and coal barges.
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Small Boat |
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Around the bend |
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Tankers and Coal |
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Under the Bridge |
Illinois River Traffic
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