I was talking to a young man at George Winter park and he told me that there is a sunken barge in the Meramec just up river from Valley Park, I'm guessing between Valley Park and Castlewood. Anyone know anything about this?
Gramps50 said:I was talking to a young man at George Winter park and he told me that there is a sunken barge in the Meramec just up river from Valley Park, I'm guessing between Valley Park and Castlewood. Anyone know anything about this?
They worked. I have been by the one by I44 a couple of times and didn't see it or didn't know what I was seeing. Guess I need to take the bike down to Glencoe and see what if I can find the barge/loco the picture I posted said it was at Glencoe which is where the little steam railrod is located.bulldog said:This is the barge/locomotive
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=38.54231,-90.613374&spn=0.000528,0.001321&hnear=Fenton,+St+Louis,+Missouri&t=h&z=20
This is the barge upstream from HWY 44
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=38.545097,-90.434958&spn=0.000528,0.001321&hnear=Fenton,+St+Louis,+Missouri&t=h&z=20
I hope this works.
bulldog said:This is the barge/locomotive
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=38.54231,-90.613374&spn=0.000528,0.001321&hnear=Fenton,+St+Louis,+Missouri&t=h&z=20
This is the barge upstream from HWY 44
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=38.545097,-90.434958&spn=0.000528,0.001321&hnear=Fenton,+St+Louis,+Missouri&t=h&z=20
I hope this works.
Gramps50 said:Went on a barge hunt today, after walking 3+ miles I discovered the one I was looking for was right across the rivers from where I started at Emmenager Conservation Area which is right at I44 & the Meramec river.
Also found what appears to be a wooden barge or very large dock on the east side about 200 yards north of I44 on the east side.
The steel barge on the west side is a strange vessel had a 2 inch concrete deck on top of it. So I wouldn't think that it's a normal cargo barge or at least not in it last state.
Took some interesting pictures of stuff I found but it's to many and they are way to big to post here so here's a link to the barge photos
bulldog said:Nice pics. Here I am in Mexico and the only place I want to be is on my tin running that part of the river.
bulldog said:Nice pics. Here I am in Mexico and the only place I want to be is on my tin running that part of the river.
Gramps50 said:With the water down thought it would be a good day to go and look for the barge that is in the Meramec at Glencoe. I parked in the park on Washington, off Hwy 109 and Old State Rd. I then rode 1.25 miles and saw a chain link fence and went and looked over to see the barge. With a little more exploration I found some tracks in concrete going down to the river about 50 yards down river.
Went down the slab to the river bed and over to the barge. After looking around some I don't think it was a wreck as I have seen reported. The site looks like a port. Maybe they would take sand & gravel here and load it on a train. I would say that the barge that appears to have been powered, it has a pilot house. I don't think it is wrecked there I think it was abandoned there when the operation was stopped.
Wish I would have climbed up on it and tried to see in the pilot house to see if there was anything left of it.
fender66 said:Gramps50 said:I was talking to a young man at George Winter park and he told me that there is a sunken barge in the Meramec just up river from Valley Park, I'm guessing between Valley Park and Castlewood. Anyone know anything about this?
I can't imagine a barge being up river that far unless it's really small. The waters under the VP bridge at 141 are very shallow. At most times of the year, you can't run anything except a jet through that area.
This is actually the remains of the sternwheel steamer Betsy Ann, a very famous boat.bulldog said:There is a steel barge on the Meramec about 50 yards upstream from the East bound lanes of HWY 44 on the East side of the river. Looks like the perfect noodling spot if it were legal. You can see it from the highway if the water is at normal pool up to maybe +3 feet.
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