Crews Working 12-Hour Shifts To Remove Barges From Emsworth Locks & Dam

EMSWORTH (KDKA) – More than a dozen barges filled with coal and concrete powder remain wrecked on the Ohio River near the Emsworth Locks and Dam.
Crews are working 12-hour shifts and have managed to remove two barges, as of noon Monday.
Last week’s flooding caused a large ice jam to break loose and crash into more than a dozen barges that were tied up near the banks of the Ohio River.
As a result, some barges shot straight through the dam, others crashed into the concrete barriers, s