Shown cruising north along the Great River Road is the big triple screw towboat Justin Paul Eckstein. Built in 1960 by St. Louis Shipbuilding & Steel Co., St. Louis, MO. Length 182 feet - Breadth 55 feet - Repowered in 1992 with Cat 3606 diesels 7300 hp
Haley reduction gears 4:1. Kort nozzles.
Originally Austen S. Cargill, owned by
Cargo Carriers, Minneapolis, MN.
Sold to Marquette Transportation Co., Inc., Paducah, KY,
renamed Ray A. Eckstein 2/1989;
renamed Justin Paul Eckstein 2000.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkp5nEVC1SE
The Duke was really moving here doing over 9 mph downstream and I had some high wind warnings on the drone. The Crimson Duke Length 195 feet - Breadth 54 feet - Triple screw towboat
Built 1973 by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN. has EMD 12-710G7C diesels, repowered 2011, 10500 hp.
Falk red. 4.345:1. Kort nozzles. Hope you enjoy!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb0FJVMMfYY
The M/V Frank Stegbauer Southbound Mississippi River near the Grafton Ferry Landing.
Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vW_g6Sj_bU
The M/V Washington is as political as I get on here lol. You can see the moon above the Washington at 3:45
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p51PpP9eF0E
A couple of short clips from failed videos where I wasn't able to get the complete video made. Camera fogged up on the second half of the Crimson Gem vid. And on the Thomas K just was not able to get enough video due to weak and loss of signal from too far of a distance and had to bail. So I thought I would throw them here together.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_w7cO3itnA
The video begins just south of St. Louis with the Charles Reid Perry waiting to be turned by the City of Cassville. Looks like they rearranged the tow a bit when the City of Cassville took over putting all of the 24 wind turbine blades in a row. These barges are 195 feet in length and these blades look to be just as long. This method of shipping does seem to be the best way to ship these blades. The audio is of the City of Cassville as heard from the shore at 2 different locations.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8bGjAxRV7k
The M/V Rio Grande after exiting the Illinois River moves down the Mississippi River near Ilsah Illinois.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbH0YY-vbbs