Commerce
A tug pushes a single, empty barge down the North Branch of the Chicago River toward Wolf Point, seen from the Kinzie Street Dave Mathews Memorial Bridge.
I've sometimes gotten into debates with people over my belief that the transbasin diversion that reverses the flow of the river into the Mississippi basin should be closed. Those with whom I disagree always talk about the economic impact, and all the commerce that would be lost were the river not available for barge transport. I could cite figures, of course, but for the moment I look to these pictures. I compare this busy day on the Chicago River with those photos a week or so ago of the barges locking through Markland Dam on the actually busy Ohio.
Commerce
A tug pushes a single, empty barge down the North Branch of the Chicago River toward Wolf Point, seen from the Kinzie Street Dave Mathews Memorial Bridge.
I've sometimes gotten into debates with people over my belief that the transbasin diversion that reverses the flow of the river into the Mississippi basin should be closed. Those with whom I disagree always talk about the economic impact, and all the commerce that would be lost were the river not available for barge transport. I could cite figures, of course, but for the moment I look to these pictures. I compare this busy day on the Chicago River with those photos a week or so ago of the barges locking through Markland Dam on the actually busy Ohio.