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Webber falls ok barges3/12/2023 ![]() "I really thought it would tear the dam up, but it took it just fine," said Brandon Chambers, a Warner resident. "If there would have been one more, it would have broke it. Related Story: Webbers Falls Urges Residents To Evacuate As Loose Barge Heads For DamĬolt, age 10, was one of the spectators who saw the barges hit. The Corps said it will have to wait for water to recede to have a complete scope of possible damage, but it appears the structural damage is minimal. Debris from the barges is keeping the three gates from being able to fully close. The barges are currently submerged below the water on the upstream side of the dam. The Army Corps of Engineers said that is not a concern - the gates can handle the extra pressure. They were carrying a load of fertilizer.Īn OHP trooper watching from the air said three gates stopped flowing water as strongly as the others after the impact. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the barges were a combined 3,800 tons. And they are thankful the barges didn't bust through the dam. ![]() While there was anticipation and even some excitement at the scene, people said they hope never to see this again. Interstate 40 near Webbers Falls has been reopened.Ī crowd of about 30 people turned out to hear and see the crash. C&EI used the Pennsy's Panhandle before the C&WI w.Two barges that broke loose on the Arkansas River in heavy flooding hit the lock and dam and sank around noon Thursday. It's the third time the barges had been loose on the river, threatening bridge and dam structures - but the dam held.Flood of 2019: It has been more than 40 days and 4.BNSF/SantaFe Bridge over Grand River northeast of.Mazon Creek Pennsylvanian Age Fossils and the Tull.Flood of 2019: Two Barges Allided with the 1970 We.Aban/NKP and CSX/(NYC+BCK) Bridges over Buffalo Ri.1920+2002 Franklin Street Bridge is raised for the.MN-40 over Lac qui Parle Lake near Milan, MN.Tall worker-lifts (manlifts, boom lifts).Melrose Park's Kiddieland Amusement Park, 1929-2009.1957 COFCO/Nidera/Continental B House/Central Soya.CREATE: WA11 - Improving Dolton Junction.US-14+61 Bridges over Mississippi River at La Cros.Great Lakes freighters of 1000 or more feet long.Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge 1888 Bridge over.B&OCT Yard Towers at Barr Yard: Halsted and Ashland.UP/C&NW Turntable and Railyard in Waukegan, IL.Flood of 2019:D&I/Milw Bridge Washouts by Big Siou.River S Bridge Construction at Ridgefield, WA by C.Wheat is still grown in Illinois and Indiana.This overview of Oklahoma flooding is where I learned that Webbers Falls, which is downstream from the dam, was already flooded before the barge allision. Since these gates were all the way up, I expect they won't find any damage after they are inspected.Īnother view of the Tainter gates being wide open. But, as with the Marseilles Dam, the gates are another matter. The foundations are built to withstand the pressure of the water when the gates are closed. And then they were so relieved when the dam was still standing after the barges hit. As I've described several times, but have not been able to show, the gates become almost horizontal and are out of the river's flow.Īs the barges were floating downriver, evidently the news outlets were going nus about whether or not they would break the dam. Note that this view also shows the Tainter gates are wide open. That explains why they now shut down the bridge if barges are loose. This news report explained that years ago barge traffic took out a pillar and some spans of I-40 and there were fatalities.
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