Historically low river levels on the Mississippi River | Suzi Altman Photographer /Artist/ Storyteller

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{8/24/12} {10pmCST} -JOB # 42286- Greenville , MS, U.S.A. --Workers for Wepfer Marine of Greenville MS. tie barges together and then tether tehm to shore, in a big holding pattern alomg the bansk of the Mississsippi RIver beacuse the water level is causing a back up of barge traffic. Historically low river levels on the Mississippi River are causing havoc on river traffic: grounding barges loaded with grain and fertilizer, traffic jams several miles long and forcing the Coast Guard to close down chunks of the river due to groundings. The area around Greenville, Miss., has closed three times the past week due to groundings. Last year, there were five total groundings the entire low-water season. Locals who fought historic high-water floods last year are this year engaged in a different fight: keeping barges afloat on a vanishing Mississippi. -- Photo by Suzi Altman, Freelance.

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Image Size: 4288x2848 / 1.2MB; Historically low river levels on the Mississippi River Mississippi River Tugboat barge US Army Corp of Engineers Dredge JADWIN Greenville bridge low level wepfer marine current MS River sandbars navigating down river river traffic pontoons pipeline dredging sludge
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