Mississippi River

Traffic

You do not get the opportunity to view this

type of boat on the River very often.

This is an example of the usual traffic.

A tug which pushes Barges loaded with

coal, corn and other products

Of course there is the occasional

House Boat.

Iowa Tractor Boys

Leisure Time

Some has to crack the black walnuts

This is done during the Winter Months

This is a Northeast Iowa Winter

Usually plenty of Snow

Modeling a row of Tall Corn


Reading the Press, printed in
Guttenberg, Iowa
this is a Weekly Newspaper



Everything will be alright!!!

Iowa Tractor Boy

Equipment Lineup

Ready for the Harvest

Harvesting the Soybeans

in

Clayton County

Iowa, U. S. A.

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lock and Dam Number Ten

Guttenberg, Iowa

Winter Maintenance

I have one Sibling Brother and one Nephew who are also Iowa Tractor Boys; however they also work for the Corps at Lock and Dam Number Ten in Guttenberg, Iowa. This is a series of shots of the interior of the Locks which show these two working with others to perform maintenance. The Mississippi River if frozen so the maintenance can be performed without delaying the Barge traffic up or down the river.

As I viewed this picture I thought to myself, are these employees discussing how long before the next coffee break!!!