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Barge Propeller
In 1993 there was a massive flood up and down the Mississippi River. There are many stories about that flood but this particular story is about this barge. A local man sabotaged the levee that protected West Quincy, Missouri (where this barge is sitting) from the Mississippi. He pulled sandbags from the saturated levee and it broke. Water poured in flooding a huge area. This barge happened to be "parked" next to the levee and was carried by the flood waters through the breach in the levee. It struck a gas silo at an Ayerco gas station causing an explosion that made CNN news.
The barge floated around West Quincy for weeks while the water receded. The owner of the Mississippi Grill restaurant was tired of his business being flooded and thought he had the perfect solution. He arranged to have this barge anchored on the land where the restaurant once stood so it would settle on the ground once the flood waters were gone.
His plan worked and the massive steel barge came to rest right where he wanted it. What he failed to consider was that he owned the business but not the land. The owner of the land was quite angry when he found a barge on his property without his consent. The only way it could be removed was to take it apart and haul it off. The owner of the restaurant even found himself in trouble again when he cut down a very old and protected tree to put in the middle of the barge for some sort of decoration.
The restaurant never reopened and the barge sat... for 18 years. Now after all these years the new owner of this land has arranged to have it dismantled and removed. So I went over to get pictures of the barge that caused such a stir for so long before it disappears.
Barge Propeller
In 1993 there was a massive flood up and down the Mississippi River. There are many stories about that flood but this particular story is about this barge. A local man sabotaged the levee that protected West Quincy, Missouri (where this barge is sitting) from the Mississippi. He pulled sandbags from the saturated levee and it broke. Water poured in flooding a huge area. This barge happened to be "parked" next to the levee and was carried by the flood waters through the breach in the levee. It struck a gas silo at an Ayerco gas station causing an explosion that made CNN news.
The barge floated around West Quincy for weeks while the water receded. The owner of the Mississippi Grill restaurant was tired of his business being flooded and thought he had the perfect solution. He arranged to have this barge anchored on the land where the restaurant once stood so it would settle on the ground once the flood waters were gone.
His plan worked and the massive steel barge came to rest right where he wanted it. What he failed to consider was that he owned the business but not the land. The owner of the land was quite angry when he found a barge on his property without his consent. The only way it could be removed was to take it apart and haul it off. The owner of the restaurant even found himself in trouble again when he cut down a very old and protected tree to put in the middle of the barge for some sort of decoration.
The restaurant never reopened and the barge sat... for 18 years. Now after all these years the new owner of this land has arranged to have it dismantled and removed. So I went over to get pictures of the barge that caused such a stir for so long before it disappears.