Big barge heads back through Orleans with much lighter load
Tugboat pushing empty barges back to Albany after delivering bridge to Buffalo
Photos by Tom Rivers
ALBION – A tugboat passed through Albion this morning around 10:20, pushing a 195-foot-long barge.
The barge has a much lighter load after Carver Companies delivered a bridge to Buffalo last week.
The bridge was in four sections, and two barges carried two sections each. Carver is bringing the two barges back to Albany.
Jim Babcock stopped to get an up close look at the barge and tugboat. He said it was the biggest barge he’s ever seen on the canal.
The tugboat moves the barge east on the canal, going under the Ingersoll Street lift bridge.
