With these weeks of cold weather and even colder temperatures ahead, the rivers around the Pittsburgh region are filling with ice. For the Army Corps of Engineers, it’s a battle.
“So in normal conditions, we pull these barges out,” lockmaster Timothy Jones explained. “They free flow upriver and the guys on the barges stop it with our help.”
“Right now, he’s stuck in ice, so I think what’s going to happen is they’re going to bring the tow boat through the small chamber and he’s going to have to pull his own cut,” he said…