Another Boat Sank in the Niagara River

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I’m really surprised they haven’t tried to get that thing out of there yet. Where it’s resting is inside the navigation channel and being a boat of that size in a relatively shallow channel it does pose a navigation risk. I suppose since it’s near the edge of the channel and all the big commercial traffic goes through the black rock canal it’s not a big priority though. It’s really not that big of a salvage job if you’ve got experience in salvage. It’s certainly nothing like the salvage of the barge that sunk and got wedged against the peace bridge. (read about that one here: http://www.essmnavy.net/Barge%2045%20Sal%20Ops%20Buffalo,%20NY%20(Sep_Dec_86).pdf )

EDIT: By the way, if you’re at all interested in engineering or maritime stuff that salvage report is a great read.

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^Reading now. Fascinating.

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^^That is insane that they predicted a 1ft annual increase in the lake water level from the barge wreck blocking flow

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They almost sunk barge 251 just in the process of getting it in place for the salvage. It ended up stuck against pier 5 for almost 2 days.

Makes you really wonder about this low bid salvage idiot who thinks he’s going to just hook a grapple hook onto the sunken yacht and tow it out of there.